Etymology
Origin of barred
Example Sentences
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After Mutharika failed to get the dogs back in November, the Lilongwe Magistrate Court temporarily barred police from further attempts to seize them.
Newsom is serving the final year of his second term and is barred from running again because of term limits.
From Los Angeles Times
Then various U.S. government agencies have to allow the deal under the sanctions that have barred transactions with Venezuela.
From Barron's
Then various U.S. government agencies have to allow the deal under the sanctions that have barred transactions with Venezuela.
From Barron's
Both also are devout Roman Catholics who objected to their school district’s policy — based on state guidelines — that barred disclosures related to a student’s gender identity.
From Los Angeles Times
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