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boycott

[boi-kot] / ˈbɔɪ kɒt /


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“I want to leave this story alone! I am no longer talking about the WNBA. As of now, I boycott this segment.”

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

She formed farmworker ranch committees and moved to the East Coast for months to promote the union’s national grape boycott.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 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

The Netherlands will return to the Eurovision Song Contest next year despite a boycott by the broadcaster that was previously in charge of the country's participation.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Rather than boycott buses, they took their challenge a step farther.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 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 ● Sep. 8, 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

As the angry American objections turned into boycotts of British imports like paper and tea, a famous Englishman named Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote a short pamphlet called Taxation No Tyranny.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

The Netherlands and four other countries boycotted this year's event, after Dutch network Avrotros pulled out.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

“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

When we called meetings to discuss our griev-ances and later had news sessions to discuss what we had learned from the paper, the PAC boycotted these gatherings.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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 ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The public broadcasters of five countries - Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland and Slovenia - are boycotting this year's event, making it the smallest since 2003.

From BBC ● May 13, 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

In Port Elizabeth, Barrett Tyesi gave up a government teaching post and ran a school for boycotting children.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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