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
After being blackballed from the finance sector, Coop resorts to burglarizing the homes of those in his social circle and pawning the items to stay afloat.
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Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
Divorced and unemployed, Coop gets blackballed from the finance sector entirely.
—Ryan Brennan
april 1, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Enter Sheila, a street magician blackballed by the local boys club who wows Lincoln with her tips-only act.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
Kaepernick was not issued a fine or suspension by the NFL, though no teams signed him as a 29-year-old free agent, leading to debate over whether he was blackballed by the league for his stance.
—Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
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
Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
Divorced and unemployed, Coop gets blackballed from the finance sector entirely.
—Ryan Brennan
april 1, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Enter Sheila, a street magician blackballed by the local boys club who wows Lincoln with her tips-only act.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
Kaepernick was not issued a fine or suspension by the NFL, though no teams signed him as a 29-year-old free agent, leading to debate over whether he was blackballed by the league for his stance.
—Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackballed
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When a Groyper account on X suggested that Jewish people were responsible for contemporary German immigration policy, Rogers, using her official State Department account, dismissed the claim as nonsense.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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And yet, when HB 1098 was introduced in 2023, critics dismissed it as a solution in search of a problem.—
Lisa Frizell,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Orbán, who refused to sever Hungary’s ties to Moscow following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has repeatedly obstructed European efforts to aid Kyiv.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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That year’s Republican National Convention filled its programming with second-raters (Scott Baio gave a prime-time speech), while Ted Cruz and other speakers refused to endorse Trump onstage; National Review famously published a special issue denouncing him.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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Two dead sharks were found stranded on North Carolina beaches during Spring Break, and researchers aren’t sure what killed them.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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The quarter-ton bears, apex predators who are revered by some Native American tribes but also feared for their attacks on livestock and sometimes humans, became locally extinct in California in 1924, the same year that the last California gray wolf was captured and killed.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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The changes were still not enough to carry the resolution, which got support from 11 members but was vetoed by Russia and China, with Pakistan and Colombia abstaining.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
7 Apr. 2026
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An internal European Parliament report shows that Orbán has vetoed far more than any other leader in the EU's history, said Daniel Freund, a German lawmaker.—
SAM McNEIL,
Arkansas Online,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Blackballed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackballed. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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