boycott

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Members also voted to pass an amendment to the motion at the conference, which called for the union to survey secondary school members to see whether they would be willing to boycott the tests.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 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

These antiboycott measures have been enforced with far less frequency in recent decades as Arab states increasingly abandoned their boycott of Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Chavez engineered a 1968 boycott of California grapes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

This touched off a parade of boycott leaders who filed inside the courthouse one by one and minutes later came out, freshly booked and fingerprinted, descending the steps into a cheering crowd of spectators.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose