boycott
Example Sentences
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These antiboycott measures have been enforced with far less frequency in recent decades as Arab states increasingly abandoned their boycott of Israel.
Chavez, who died in 1993 aged 66, rallied California's farmworkers from the 1950s to push for improvements in working conditions, and led national boycotts and marches.
From BBC
A consumer boycott of grapes under Huerta’s leadership led to the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, which paved the way for farmworkers to form unions and push for better working conditions and pay.
From Los Angeles Times
He deployed nonviolent tactics—including boycotts, marches and hunger strikes—to win rights for farmworkers.
The group is similar to other major Jewish organizations that consider Israel boycotts to be antisemitic.
From Los Angeles Times
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