boycott
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The consul general had been responding to a Times editorial supporting a boycott of products made with cotton produced in the Xinjiang region of China due to the use of forced labor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The boycott put Phillips Distilling, the family-owned maker of Sour Puss based in Minnesota, into a tight spot.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
After her election, she apologized for encouraging a boycott of Starbucks on the campaign trail.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Lawmakers and members of the public have called for a boycott of the coffee chain with South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung branding the campaign as "inhumane and disgraceful".
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Evers had attracted national attention back in the early 1960s when he led a store boycott in Jackson, Mississippi, and when he helped black student James Meredith enter the all-white University of Mississippi in 1962.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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