blackball

Example Sentences

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Daniels told “Raq Rants” in 2018 that he did not blackball Mo’Nique.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2022

Regarding the charge from many of his accusers that he threatened to derail their careers if they spoke out: “I couldn’t blackball anybody, because if I said, ‘Don’t use that actress’ .

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2020

The attempt to blackball Froome from racing may prove futile but it is as much about commercial realities – TV revenues, sponsors’ sensibilities, merchandise and marketing – as it is about ethics.

From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2018

Mr. Williams threatened a lawsuit and did his best to blackball them among Liverpool concert promoters.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2016

Early in his career Owen used his influence at the Zoological Society to blackball a young man named Robert Grant whose only crime was to have shown promise as a fellow anatomist.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson