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Boycotting an entire culture is problematic because so much culture is inherently countercultural.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022

Boycotting by themselves, they said, would grab headlines for a day or two, but then the world would simply move on.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2022

"Boycotting them would only lead to polarisation and reactions, whereas dialogue could be fruitful," said Qatar's ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2021

Boycotting the hearings would have come across as a 15-minute stunt.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2020

"Boycotting" was a word unknown to the English language at that time; and yet I was "boycotted" on board the steamboat.

From Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler by Boggs, John, Elder