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blackballed

ADJECTIVE
ostracized
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Second, unlike Kennan’s memo, Merry’s was at odds with U.S. policy and was ignored, then buried, and its author was blackballed, by the policymakers at the time.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2024

Afterward he was blackballed in the industry, and invested most of his settlement in a producing a play he wrote that flopped.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2023

It has also been reported that the energy security department had already blackballed Greenpeace months ago.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023

Burke, who died in 1995 at age 42, felt he was blackballed by the sport.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023

If he’s not careful, he’ll be blackballed by his state medical association and kept out of the hospitals.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller