blackball

Example Sentences

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Daniels told “Raq Rants” in 2018 that he did not blackball Mo’Nique.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2022

Regarding the charge from many of his accusers that he threatened to derail their careers if they spoke out: “I couldn’t blackball anybody, because if I said, ‘Don’t use that actress’ .

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2020

When she finally gave in, she insisted that I give her four weeks notice or she would blackball me.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2020

NBA superstars like LeBron James and Steph Curry are impervious to this kind of treatment, in part because the NBA didn’t campaign to blackball them.

From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2019

And I knew that by the next day, every railroad’s personnel office would have a blackball on me, so I never tried to get another railroad job.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey