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UEFA's threat to boycott World Cups if the private investment plan went ahead proved pivotal in Infantino withdrawing his sell-off plan.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

European football's governing body says its threat to boycott Fifa events remains on the table, adding that assurances the FFE plan could not be revived have not been received.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

He faces opposition in particular from UEFA, which on Thursday stood by its threat to boycott the World Cups, deeming the mere withdrawal of the controversial plan to be insufficient.

From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026

European teams have threatened to boycott Fifa events despite the plans being aborted, saying certain conditions have not been met.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Blacks in Atlanta waged an effective boycott of Jim Crow trolley cars in 1894, and in the next decade, boycotts spread to over a dozen Southern cities, including Houston and Mobile.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Mr. Mengestu objected to the article’s restatement of PEN’s longstanding opposition to cultural and academic boycotts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Turner created the Goodwill Games in the 1980s as part of an effort to ease international tensions during the Cold War, amid Olympic boycotts led by the United States and Soviet Union.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

The Bezos’ involvement was met with boycotts and protests.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

As a prominent labour organiser, Chavez helped lead a major strike against Delano grape growers in the 1960s, which sparked boycotts across the country, in order to gain better wages and conditions for workers.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 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

It was the culmination of a showdown in the Clacton constituency, which was boycotted by the other major British parties.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Bakley’s family boycotted it as a staged PR event.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

After Labour, the Conservatives and other major parties boycotted the vote, the most prominent competitor in the field is Count Binface.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

It is still uncertain whether members who boycotted the 2026 contest will participate next year.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

He had to do this because he lived on the pennies of the youngsters and he didn’t want to be boycotted.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Niamh Worthington and Celine Flanagan, who were on a short trip from Manchester in Dublin, said the UK should also be boycotting the contest.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

As the delegations gather in Austria, five competition regulars will be absent, with Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain all boycotting the event.

From BBC ● May 9, 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

Rep. Veronica Escobar is boycotting the main event in favor of the People’s State of the Union.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

In the United States, talk of boycotting the 1936 Olympics had been simmering since the Nazis had come to power in 1933.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown