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boycott

[boi-kot] / ˈbΙ”Ιͺ kΙ’t /


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The Delano strike escalated into a national table grape boycott in 1968.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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

In one food group I follow, posts about AI restaurant marketing increasingly read like miniature boycott pledges.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Former Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr and ex-international James McClean are among those to have backed calls for a boycott.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

This touched off a parade of boycott leaders who filed inside the courthouse one by one and minutes later came out, freshly booked and fingerprinted, descending the steps into a cheering crowd of spectators.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 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

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 ● Sep. 18, 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 mass action consisted of strikes, demonstrations, and boycotts.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Botha’s ruse did not fool the people, as more than 80 percent of eligible Indian and Coloured voters boycotted the election to the new houses of Parliament in 1984.

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

Local elections are under way, which protesters are boycotting.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

She said it is "great" that Ireland are boycotting it.

From BBC ● May 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


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