boycott

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

The stone structure 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

In the past few weeks, staff have started a boycott of marking in protest at planned job losses, with nearly 2,700 employees placed at risk of redundancy.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Still, the strikers held out for two years, while a national boycott of Marx & Haas Clothing pressured the company to sign a contract with the union for improved pay and working conditions.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell

Mr. Mengestu objected to the article’s restatement of PEN’s longstanding opposition to cultural and academic boycotts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The Bezos’ involvement was met with boycotts and protests.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

Chavez, who died in 1993 aged 66, rallied California's farmworkers from the 1950s to push for improvements in working conditions, and led national boycotts and marches.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

But those demonstrations never materialized, and no boycotts were called.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

They spoke in veiled attacks about his mediation of talks surrounding the black boycotts of Korean businesses across the city.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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

Senegal's National Assembly elected ousted prime minister Ousmane Sonko as its speaker Tuesday in a vote boycotted by the opposition, following months of tension that culminated in the firebrand's sacking.

From Barron's ● May 26, 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

Perhaps he had boycotted cologne because the makers of cologne did not treat their employees well.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

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

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

The 1980 Moscow Olympics were boycotted by the U.S. in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, only for the Soviet Union to retaliate by boycotting the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 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

After a few minutes, the school’s athletic director entered with news: The coach was boycotting the meeting, “holding the line,” they were told.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove