boycott
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A main topic of discussion was a possible boycott against Home Depot, which activists say has not done enough to stop the raids.
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
Tajani has said he will go "with my head held high", and allies of the prime minister now suggest the boycott talk has cooled into a quieter "everyone's free to do as they please".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 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
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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
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
In the sixties and seventies, during the social upheaval of freedom rides and cafeteria sit-ins and boycotts in Birmingham and marches on Selma, Odessa stood locked in time.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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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
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 they are also remembered for being boycotted by 32 nations from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The US also boycotted the G20 meeting, a gathering of the world's major economies, hosted by South Africa last November.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 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
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Niamh Worthington and Celine Flanagan, who were on a short trip from Manchester in Dublin, said the UK should also be boycotting the contest.
From BBC ● May 15, 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
Gran ended up boycotting the ash scattering, and if she wasn’t going, there was no reason for the rest of us to.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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