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Recent Examples of blacklist
He was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, pushed to the margins of the culture.
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
In 2022, perhaps the most notorious mixer, Tornado Cash, was blacklisted by the U.S. Department of Treasury for allegedly money laundering billions of dollars for criminals, including the group fronting for North Korea.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
His attorney told the court that he has been blacklisted by Hollywood since he was identified publicly as a participant in the assault on the Capitol.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
The focus on loyalty could have played a major part in the decision to blacklist Project 2025 figures as the Trump campaign was angry the project appeared to imply that it was linked with the former president.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Oct. 2024
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Therefore, as Thanksgiving fell on Nov. 28 this year, Thanksgiving viewership is excluded and December’s report will be a better source for data on holiday viewership patterns in 2024.Selome Hailu, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Trump's legal team had argued that various testimony in the hush-money case – such as that of former White House employees – and evidence – like statements made while Trump was president – violate the Supreme Court ruling that excludes official acts from prosecution.Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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The rule is narrower than what the FTC proposed in 2023 that would have broadly banned hidden and deceptive fees regardless of industry.Jody Godoy, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Indonesia banned the sale of Apple’s iPhone 16 in October because of its law requiring companies to invest in or source components from the country.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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After Mexico were eliminated in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, De Luisa did not seek re-election.Paul Tenorio, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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President Joe Biden dared his Republican successor this week to eliminate his signature law bringing clean-energy manufacturing projects across the country, including GOP-leaning states and congressional districts.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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In fact, two Chicago police officers who alleged they were blackballed for trying to expose Watts’ corruption years ago won a $2 million settlement in their whistleblower lawsuit.Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
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His allies around Washington have drawn up a detailed agenda, one that Harris and her allies have successfully weaponized to the point that some Project 2025’s authors have already been blackballed from any access to Trump.Philip Elliott / Houston, TIME, 26 Oct. 2024
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His lack of drawing skill, combined with his knowledge of what had been achieved in five hundred years of Western painting, seemed to rule out any attempt to paint on canvas in a traditional sense.Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Especially when star forward LeBron James was ruled out because of left foot soreness, in addition to Austin Reaves missing his fifth consecutive game because of a bruised left pelvis.Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 8 Dec. 2024
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Ortega's Rule Under Scrutiny Nicaragua's government has intensified its crackdown on dissent, imprisoning opposition figures, exiling journalists and shuttering over 5,000 organizations since 2018.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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After founding the adult DVD empire Girls Gone Wild and cementing the brand into the 2000s pop-culture zeitgeist, creator Joe Francis has been exiled to Mexico amidst a slew of legal battles and has largely remained out of the spotlight.Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
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The rules were intended to prevent Social Security from overpaying people who worked in non-covered pension jobs, policy experts said.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Seconds later, the officers and paramedics picked Stevens up and put him on a stretcher with his legs still hobbled, his hands in cuffs behind his back and a spit hood over his head, a type of bag used to prevent people from spitting or biting.Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
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But the film’s poisonous reviews and disastrous box office all but torpedoed her Oscar hopes this year, and the film was shut out in Monday’s Globe nominations.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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North Carolina, a 21-time NCAA champion, is shut out for the second time this season.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklist. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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