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A boycott could harm day laborers who rely on customers to hire them for manual labor jobs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Yet no issue has animated locals quite like the Quidnessett seawall, which has spawned tense hearings, lawsuits, countersuits, investigations and a boycott.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Immigrants detained at two federal facilities in California have launched a boycott in protest of increasing and, in their view, burdensome prices at the facilities’ commissaries for items including tampons, coffee and soup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Protests were held outside shops and the chain reportedly suffered a significant drop in sales following calls to boycott.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Her willingness to be arrested rather than give in one more time led to the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

The Bezos’ involvement was met with boycotts and protests.

From Salon ● May 6, 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

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

They were partners in decades of labor battles, boycotts, protests and political alliances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

At the ANC annual conference in Bloemfontein, the organization adopted the league’s Program of Action, which called for boycotts, strikes, stay-at-homes, passive resistance, protest demonstrations, and other forms of mass action.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The Clacton contest is being boycotted by the other main Westminster parties, who view his actions a stunt, leaving comedy candidate Count Binface as the highest-profile opponent for the Reform UK leader.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Some Italians joke the country boycotted the tournaments in Russia, Qatar and the U.S. on principle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

But as the Games approached, nation after nation boycotted and the event faced financial abyss.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Austria later boycotted Eurovision in 1969 when it was hosted by Spain, then under the rule of dictator Francisco Franco.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 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

Sinner stopped short of committing himself to boycotting one of the Slams.

From BBC ● May 7, 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

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

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

That match took place amid fan protests with the team being whistled at the Stade Velodrome and supporters behind the goals boycotting the opening 15 minutes of the encounter.

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

To me, the critical question was a tactical one: Will our organization emerge stronger through participating in these organizations or by boycotting them?

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela