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Recent Examples of blacklist
Investors go to BlackRock for a reason, and blacklisting the firm likely does more damage to returns than any fossil-free investment strategy.
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 5 June 2025
Already the Biden administration earlier this year imposed the harshest sanctions to date on Russia’s oil industry, blacklisting two of its largest oil companies as well as nearly 200 oil-carrying vessels.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
In 2025, President Trump tightened these sanctions, including blacklisting Chinese entities.
—Dmitrii Khasanov, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
While the commercial results vary, there are few artists who’ve been completely blacklisted from the business following allegations of abuse or bad behavior .
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 5 June 2025
Already the Biden administration earlier this year imposed the harshest sanctions to date on Russia’s oil industry, blacklisting two of its largest oil companies as well as nearly 200 oil-carrying vessels.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
In 2025, President Trump tightened these sanctions, including blacklisting Chinese entities.
—Dmitrii Khasanov, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
While the commercial results vary, there are few artists who’ve been completely blacklisted from the business following allegations of abuse or bad behavior .
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacklist
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That bill calls for not only excluding noncitizens from the apportionment numbers, but also a new census and round of congressional redistricting before the 2026 midterm election.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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These alliances can create competing blocs, excluding developing nations and reversing global integration.—
Jay Patel,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In 1966, the group banned white members altogether, which undermined its stability, collaborative potential, and impact in the following years.—
Time,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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Since then, a handful of other Republican governors have raced to join in, banning certain food colorings from kids' lunches -- sometimes prohibiting other chemical additives, too.—
Cheyenne Haslett,
ABC News,
7 Aug. 2025
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DeSantis vetoed the Legislature’s last attempt at drawing new congressional district lines and forced his own map on them in 2022, one that eliminated two Black congressional districts and spurred lawsuits from voting rights groups.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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The ruling and resulting legal battle come at a time when Indiana and the federal government are rolling back and eliminating their own environmental protections.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
5 Aug. 2025
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Mearsheimer was gleefully blackballed by academics and commentators for daring to suggest that America had goaded Putin and been drawn into a costly war that harmed our interests.—
Samuel Moyn,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Clark has previously testified on the stand that after falling out with Combs, the Revolt TV founder tried to blackball her.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Michael and Robert’s charges were dismissed after detectives admitted to unethical interrogation tactics, including holding a gun to Michael’s head and withholding key evidence that would rule out Maurice’s gun as the murder weapon.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Damaging winds in that area could not be ruled out.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
10 Aug. 2025
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His other confidantes at the time included two of Brazil’s most influential singer-songwriters, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, who had been exiled from their homeland by Brazil’s brutal military dictatorship.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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The second Renko novel, Polar Star (1989), in which the investigator is exiled to a Soviet factory ship in the Arctic, is my favorite of the whole series.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
16 July 2025
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Acting now can avoid service interruptions, prevent compliance violations, and even reduce long-term costs.—
Arvin Chaudhary,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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These commissions were created, in many cases by referendum, to reduce the role of partisan politics from the redistricting process — essentially, to prevent the kind of gerrymandering that both parties are now considering.—
Elena Shao,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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Theaters were shut down, shutting out the festivals with them.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Aug. 2025
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Eury Perez and the Marlins pitchers had their way with the Yankees as they were shut out in their 2-0 loss Saturday to lose the three-game set.—
James Oconnell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklist. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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