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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

The FAI eventually took a vote of its delegates in July, in which 75 members voted to play the matches and 32 voted to boycott.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Educator Kendall C. Peacock posted a video on Instagram asking followers whether a boycott of the brand was warranted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Grindr’s efforts to court advertisers are still being complicated by brand controversies going back to the 2023 Bud Light boycott, CEO George Arison said Tuesday at Fast Company’s Innovation Festival in New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

And then, when the English began to un-derstand what slavery really was, Clarkson and others organized what we would call a boycott of “the blood-sweetened beverage.”

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

Chatfield left the UFW in 1973, a year after helping defeat a proposition that would’ve made specific labor strikes and boycotts unlawful.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Since the controversy blew up earlier this week, ticket prices, external for his remaining shows in the US, Mexico and South America have dropped, as calls for boycotts spread.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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

“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

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

The British singer's backing band and opening acts boycotted the event – leaving Sheeran alone on stage to address the crowd.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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

Nationals was held in Chicago in 1967, he boycotted the singles event until 1972, when he returned and won the title four years in a row.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Perhaps he had boycotted cologne because the makers of cologne did not treat their employees well.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

She said it is "great" that Ireland are boycotting it.

From BBC ● May 15, 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

The amounts aren’t punitive, but they essentially function as a tax-code tariff on doing business in the boycotting country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Ukrainian athletes are boycotting the Paralympics opening ceremony, along with officials from Finland, Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Czechia.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

Gran ended up boycotting the ash scattering, and if she wasn’t going, there was no reason for the rest of us to.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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