boycott
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The union later estimated that 17 million Americans stopped buying grapes during the boycott, as solidarity grew between urban and suburban Americans—often homemakers—and the men and women picking their food up to 3,000 miles away.
From The Wall Street Journal β 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 β Oct. 28, 2026
In one food group I follow, posts about AI restaurant marketing increasingly read like miniature boycott pledges.
From Salon β Oct. 3, 2026
The FAI eventually took a vote of its delegates in July, in which 75 members voted to play the matches and 32 voted to boycott.
From BBC β Sep. 22, 2026
The boycott was almost two months old, and I hadn’t heard from any of the leaders since it started, not even Rosa Parks.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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“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 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
“Boycotts can beget other boycotts, so there could be global risk to sales of U.S. business jets depending on how sentiment and behaviors change,” Capital Alpha said.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 8, 2026
He was appearing on the broadcasts almost nightly because of the boycotts.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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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
The British singer's backing band and opening acts boycotted the event – leaving Sheeran alone on stage to address the crowd.
From BBC β Sep. 20, 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
Perhaps he had boycotted cologne because the makers of cologne did not treat their employees well.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Meanwhile, university students in several other Albanian towns were boycotting classes.
From Barron's β Oct. 15, 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 β May 9, 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
The amounts aren’t punitive, but they essentially function as a tax-code tariff on doing business in the boycotting country.
From The Wall Street Journal β Mar. 19, 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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