blackballed

past tense of blackball
as in dismissed
to reject by or as if by a vote he was disappointed to learn that he had been blackballed by the fraternity

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Recent Examples of blackballed The reductive street code has blackballed Gunna in the rap game, with Offset and Roddy Ricch being the sole rapper collaborators on his two post-release albums. Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • When Duffy threatened to revoke funds last month, a spokesperson for Newsom dismissed the attack and noted that CDL holders from California have a significantly lower rate of crashes than both the national average and that of Texas, which is the only state with more licensed commercial drivers.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Then in April, 2019 all charges against him were dismissed and Gibson walked free.
    Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Following a conversation with Sanders and Adams, CPS told the officers to release the boy to Adams, who had refused to provide the couple’s new address.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The civil lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges Blain has refused to produce requested public records from his private accounts, apps and devices and has deleted public records from those same sources and asked others to delete messages from him.
    Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Firefighters whisper about a gas main as a little girl, Dinah, is carried out of the wreckage—the sole survivor of a blast that killed her mom.
    Judy Berman, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
  • As various ancient sources recount, after Achilles is killed by Paris, the Greeks resort to deception.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
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  • Newsom ultimate vetoed a more restrictive piece of AI chatbot legislation that was supported by some online safety advocates, including the parents of Orange County teen Adam Raine, who died by suicide after using AI for companionship.
    Kate Wolffe October 23, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Any amendments that pass could be vetoed by Johnson and then, later, overruled by a council vote.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Blackballed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackballed. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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