blackball

Example Sentences

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Sources recently told Fox News that he's grown "frustrated" after being "blackballed" for so many years but is still holding out hope for reconciliation with Meghan.

From Fox News

As soon as the show was over, Sullivan berated Mason with a profanity-laden diatribe, barred him from the show, and threatened to blackball him from television altogether.

From Salon

"Most of those who worked for me could not find jobs, blackballed by the Cleveland establishment," he writes.

From Salon

In the July 13 article for the website, Mackris spoke about her emotional distress and of being effectively blackballed in the news industry in the years following her case.

From Seattle Times

Trump’s first response to being blackballed was to bluster about how he didn’t need those platforms, anyway.

From Washington Post