blacklist
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On Thursday, his name appeared on Russia's online register of "terrorists and extremists" -- a blacklist maintained by Russia's Rosfinmonitoring financial watchdog.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
While the blacklist does not freeze finances immediately, it triggers a brutal operational penalty on 30 June.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
“You can imagine how companies are going to quickly blacklist, for lack of a better phrase, those sorts of consumers for trying to engage in that behavior,” Sudit said.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
The Brotherhood is a century-old Islamist group that renounced violence in the 1970s, though spinoffs such as Hamas remain active and on the U.S. blacklist.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Of course, the companies did not neglect to avail themselves of the heartless blacklist.
From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by Foster, William Z.
The rules—or lack thereof—around these blacklists don’t serve justice but pervert it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
In the 1950s, the rise of McCarthyism saw it used to accuse suspected communists of plotting against America, resulting in the Hollywood blacklists.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025
Last year, after Ozturk authored an op-ed critical of Israel, her profile appeared on Canary Mission, a website that blacklists people and groups it accuses of antisemitism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
He said the Taliban’s foreign outreach is hampered by blacklists preventing officials from traveling, and by lacking common ground with the rest of the world.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
And when men like Hawk and Yankee Robinson and German set up a little ranch with a few head of cows for themselves your bunch blacklists them, refuses 'em work anywhere on the range.
From Laramie Holds the Range by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
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