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boycott

[boi-kot] / ˈbɔɪ kɒt /


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

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

We boycott restaurants that automatically add a 20% gratuity and presumptuously suggest we tip still more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Kit Harington has faced backlash since joining HBO’s “Harry Potter” series amid ongoing calls to boycott author J.K.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

In a statement on Instagram, he said the boycott had been organised by Robert Kraft - the billionaire owner of the Gilette Stadium in Massachusetts.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Those who didn’t know about the one-day bus boycott read about it in the next morning’s Montgomery Advertiser, in a story leaked by E. D. Nixon to a trusted reporter.

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

"Group boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act," an antitrust measure, Covington wrote in a statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

PEN America said its longstanding policy on cultural and academic boycotts hasn’t changed, opposing boycotts institutionally while defending the rights of individuals to engage in them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

The boycotts since then have erased roughly $360 million in revenue for the U.S. wine industry, according to a Wine Institute report, which represents California wineries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Program of Action approved at the annual conference called for the pursuit of political rights through the use of boycotts, strikes, civil disobedience, and noncooperation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“Members of the television press pool have boycotted covering White House events. Group boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act,” Justice Department spokeswoman Emily Covington said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Critics say the dialogue -- which excluded armed groups and was boycotted by key opposition parties -- did little to address these challenges.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 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

Botha’s ruse did not fool the people, as more than 80 percent of eligible Indian and Coloured voters boycotted the election to the new houses of Parliament in 1984.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Sinner stopped short of committing himself to boycotting one of the Slams.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

In Dallas, Carrie Hanna was hurt to discover that friends she thought were boycotting the camp are, in fact, sending their daughters this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 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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