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also tabus
1
as in prohibitions
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as in indecencies
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In England, there were legal prohibitions against unauthorized Bible translations.
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Despite legal prohibitions and regulatory scrutiny, powerful CEO voting control at firms like Meta and SpaceX limits direct shareholder influence.
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As the representative for the armed wing of a human empire, you're tasked with subduing these Lovecraftian abominations and securing a foothold for humanity on alien worlds.
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The Succession Wars took a much darker turn thanks to the development of not just Battlemechs but of horrible flesh and steel monsters called abominations.
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There’s something disturbing about these proscriptions, which is why both Kalmey and Miola identify them as critical.
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But there’s more to it than gleeful perversions of genre.
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This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.
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The little people are being menaced by a dark force—a force with power, money, and very few moral inhibitions.
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Shrug off inhibitions and break the ice as the moon and Uranus harmonize.
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Nearly two dozen people appear detained with hand restraints.
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Being out of office and fine-tuning the GOP allowed Trump to enter his second term free of restraints, Haberman and Swan said.
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Her remarks come amid mounting allegations that military restrictions slowed aid deliveries and prevented civilians—and in some cases rescue crews—from getting to critical areas during the early phase of the emergency.
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Connecticut The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) allows transgender student-athletes to participate in sports consistent with their gender identity without restrictions.
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The trick is to find workloads that fit within those constraints or can be cleanly split across many small nodes.
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In a franchise system, innovation has to work for owners with real operating constraints.
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“Taboos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taboos. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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