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boycott

[boi-kot] / ˈbΙ”Ιͺ kΙ’t /


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She formed farmworker ranch committees and moved to the East Coast for months to promote the union’s national grape boycott.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

He faces a possible death penalty if convicted of treason for allegedly inciting the public to boycott elections last year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Recently, he shared a video, external posted to a newly created Instagram account, in which a grey-haired academic urged viewers to boycott the upcoming film.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

In one food group I follow, posts about AI restaurant marketing increasingly read like miniature boycott pledges.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Her quiet defiance inspired the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott, mobilizing Montgomery’s black community and resulting in a Supreme Court decision that Alabama laws requiring segregation on city buses were unconstitutional.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

This contributed to mounting developer debt and stalled construction on these unfinished homes sparked widespread dissent and mortgage boycotts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

"As soon as we have a situation of pressure and boycotts, we always break out and look for other markets," he tells me.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Boycotts can beget other boycotts, so there could be global risk to sales of U.S. business jets depending on how sentiment and behaviors change,” Capital Alpha said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The boycotts have “erased” roughly $360 million in revenue that the U.S. wine industry would have otherwise earned, according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

With extraordinary bravery, civil rights leaders, activists, and progressive clergy launched boycotts, marches, and sit-ins protesting the Jim Crow system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Justice Department spokeswoman Emily Covington told the Times and the Washington Post that the five networks -- ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News -- had "boycotted covering White House events."

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Ordinary Canadians have even boycotted U.S. products and avoided taking vacations here in solidarity.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

Bakley’s family boycotted it as a staged PR event.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

The band join a list of performers who have boycotted the awards, including The Weeknd, Morgan Wallen, Frank Ocean and Will Smith.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Chief Buthelezi also boycotted the talks on the grounds that he was not permitted three delegations: for Inkatha, the KwaZulu government, and King Zwelithini.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In 1972, leaders of the United Farm Workers union descended on Arizona to battle legislation prohibiting agricultural workers in the state from striking or boycotting during harvest season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Meanwhile, university students in several other Albanian towns were boycotting classes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

"I hope we're not going to get to this boycotting again," said Sabalenka.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Locals are furious and have been boycotting it out of principle.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

In 1980, when we were still in Kabul, the U.S. announced it would be boycotting the Olympic Games in Moscow.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini


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