boycott
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After Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt said the store would stock AI-written books as long as they were labeled as such, calls to boycott the retailer circulated online.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 23, 2026
He faces a possible death penalty if convicted of treason for allegedly inciting the public to boycott elections last year.
From Barron's β Oct. 22, 2026
In one food group I follow, posts about AI restaurant marketing increasingly read like miniature boycott pledges.
From Salon β Oct. 3, 2026
We boycott restaurants that automatically add a 20% gratuity and presumptuously suggest we tip still more.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 2, 2026
The bus boycott was a way of expressing anger at the system at last.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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"Group boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act," an antitrust measure, Covington wrote in a statement.
From Barron's β Oct. 11, 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 β Sep. 18, 2026
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 β Sep. 18, 2026
While U.S. oil and gas continues to flow tariff-free to Canada, other big export categories have been hit by Canadian tariffs or boycotts.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 8, 2026
The mass action consisted of strikes, demonstrations, and boycotts.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Justice Department spokeswoman Emily Covington told the Times and the Washington Post that the five networks -- ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News -- had "boycotted covering White House events."
From Barron's β Oct. 11, 2026
England boycotted their fixture against Zimbabwe in Harare at the 2003 World Cup - a decision which ultimately derailed their campaign.
From BBC β Oct. 1, 2026
Ordinary Canadians have even boycotted U.S. products and avoided taking vacations here in solidarity.
From Slate β 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 β Aug. 21, 2026
Black people had boycotted the city bus system there for an entire year, and the Supreme Court had ruled that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional, forcing the city to change its laws.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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In 1972, leaders of the United Farm Workers union descended on Arizona to battle legislation prohibiting agricultural workers in the state from striking or boycotting during harvest season.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 28, 2026
Meanwhile, university students in several other Albanian towns were boycotting classes.
From Barron's β Oct. 15, 2026
Local elections are under way, which protesters are boycotting.
From BBC β Aug. 5, 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 β Apr. 18, 2026
On a morning in December 1955, word reached Durham that blacks in Montgomery, Alabama, were boycotting the city’s segregated bus system.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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