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boycott

[boi-kot] / ˈbɔɪ kɒt /


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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

Instead, it announced that it could arrest people for bringing in even personal items bought before the boycott took effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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

By contrast, Durham’s leading white newspaper denounced the idea of a boycott, calling it “dynamite” and “a distasteful aggressive suggestion...quite unfair to the theaters.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

He embraced and promoted the ethos of non-violent civil disobedience, helping to organise strikes, boycotts and street demonstrations.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

"Group boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act," a DoJ spokesperson said, referring to the federal law that bars companies from engaging in monopolistic business practices.

From BBC ● 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

PEN America said its longstanding policy on cultural and academic boycotts hasn’t changed, opposing boycotts institutionally while defending the rights of individuals to engage in them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

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

After Labour, the Conservatives and other major parties boycotted the vote, the most prominent competitor in the field is Count Binface.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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

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

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 7, 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


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