Example Sentences

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According to the decree, Russia will forbid the export of products and raw materials to people and entities that it has sanctioned.

From Reuters • May 3, 2022

By 2030, Maine will forbid selling products that use PFASs unless regulators determine their use is “currently unavoidable.”

From Science Magazine • Aug. 27, 2021

The new rules will forbid members from serving as captains on athletic teams or as leaders of officially recognized clubs, and from receiving endorsement letters from deans.

From The Guardian • May 7, 2016

Often, as Pinterest’s do, terms of service will forbid class-action lawsuits, dictating that all disputes instead be settled by individual arbitration, and even decreeing that the company will get to choose the forum.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2014

“That he will drive you from me; that he will forbid me seeing you!”

From Raiding with Morgan by Dunn, Byron A. (Byron Archibald)