boycott

Example Sentences

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FIFA’s control over soccer competitions at all level of sport is one of the reasons it’s hard for participating teams to boycott the 2026 World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

"We are told that the Americans threatened to boycott the G7 if South Africa was invited," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

These antiboycott measures have been enforced with far less frequency in recent decades as Arab states increasingly abandoned their boycott of Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

A consumer boycott of grapes under Huerta’s leadership led to the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, which paved the way for farmworkers to form unions and push for better working conditions and pay.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 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