prohibition
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Bringing the Geneva Conventions and their prohibition of war crimes into the fight against lethal economic sanctions can raise the legal and political cost of enforcing them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Rai may apply for the prohibition order to be set aside after 2 March 2028.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Mr. Jackson insists his bill wouldn’t eliminate the constitutional prohibition on racial discrimination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
“It’s only the policies of prohibition… that make this beast churn, decade after decade, and it only gets bigger and more powerful.”
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
Hale knew that the law prevented anyone from buying or selling a headright, but he’d been confident that lobbying pressure from influential whites would soon eliminate this prohibition.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing prohibition
American History II
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"Tinker v. Des Moines": Excerpts from Justice Fortas's Opinion
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The Great Depression and The New Deal
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