boycott
Example Sentences
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Though some activists demanded Wasserman leave his post as LA28 chair and called for a Games boycott, there has been no apparent reduction in sponsorships or ticket sales because of the furor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Simon was criticised at the time for breaking the cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
“Although a group boycott is alleged, there is no antitrust violation here.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
"We are told that the Americans threatened to boycott the G7 if South Africa was invited," he said.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
The Golden Rule was a fiercely nonunion shop—which would, over the next few years, find itself at the center of a citywide boycott and labor battle—and as a result wages were low.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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