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The sanction was later transferred from the lawyer to the U.S. attorney’s office, though Nunley warned that he would issue more if he didn’t see proof immigrants had been set free as ordered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

“A sanction of that size has no analog in the history of consumer protection enforcement,” the company said in a filing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

You cannot decapitate a movement with no head, and you cannot sanction an organization that does not exist.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

The government of the Falkland Islands said it was "disappointed" about the banner and that they hope Fifa will "sanction all behaviour of this nature in line with its own rules".

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

“Well, papa, if this is not encouragement to marry, I do not know what is. And I should never have expected you to be lending your sanction to such vanity-baits for poor young ladies.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

More pragmatic members of the leadership including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have repeatedly warned Iran needs to negotiate a deal to end the war that brings sanctions relief or face the collapse of its economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Many moved into buying Iranian oil after President Trump started tightening sanctions in 2018, analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr also demanded the end of crippling sanctions, the release of frozen assets and compensation for wartime damage.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Since the start of the year, nine shadow fleet tankers suspected of circumventing sanctions have been seized around the EU.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The South African government was under growing international pressure, as nations all across the globe began to impose economic sanctions on Pretoria.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Just weeks after Hengli’s refinery was sanctioned in April, Hengli’s shipbuilding arm—which isn’t sanctioned—closed over $2 billion in deals to build oil tankers and vessels for clients in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The Smyrtos was taken to be anchored off Weymouth after Royal Marines Commandos intercepted and boarded it in a first-of-its-kind operation to disrupt the sanctioned tanker in June.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

U.K. and European Union have all sanctioned A7.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Duna S.A., an import company, was sanctioned as well.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

“I’m sure it would have been a very big deal if it had been a real, sanctioned game. But they supposedly played in the middle of the night at one of the high school courts.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

Russia is equally reliant on Beijing for nitrocellulose, a supply that Washington has sought to disrupt by sanctioning Chinese companies for selling the material to Moscow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Mandatory challengers are enforced on a rotating basis between sanctioning bodies, and next in line is WBC interim champion Agit Kabayel - widely viewed as the most deserving contender yet to receive his opportunity.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

But he added that "there are still significant loopholes and areas that have been unaddressed by sanctioning countries", allowing volumes to remain high.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

The law said the president in response to a national emergency may deal with an “unusual and extraordinary threat” by freezing assets or sanctioning a foreign country or otherwise regulating trade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

Will, I say, cannot help sanctioning knowledge, for knowledge is always true to, because conditioned by, the natural action of the knower.

From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Alfred H. Lloyd