blackballed
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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
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