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Recent Examples of boycott
Corners of academia have long groused about the amount of money university libraries must pay companies like RELX and a campaign, the Cost of Knowledge, was organized some years ago in an attempt to get academics to boycott Elsevier.
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Ian King, CNBC, 23 July 2025
Critics say displaying those details may encourage some observing the festival to boycott shops owned by those of another faith – an attack on the secularism enshrined in the constitution.
—Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Any social movement, including shoppers who have been boycotting certain retailers for their rollbacks of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, hurt retail sales, Rowley said.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Fans were boycotting the team consistently as the talks of departure continued for the Athletics' ownership, but according to John Shea of The San Francisco Standard, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has not ruled out the return of a second team to the Bay Area.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
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Ian King, CNBC, 23 July 2025
Critics say displaying those details may encourage some observing the festival to boycott shops owned by those of another faith – an attack on the secularism enshrined in the constitution.
—Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Any social movement, including shoppers who have been boycotting certain retailers for their rollbacks of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, hurt retail sales, Rowley said.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Fans were boycotting the team consistently as the talks of departure continued for the Athletics' ownership, but according to John Shea of The San Francisco Standard, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has not ruled out the return of a second team to the Bay Area.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boycott
blackball
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Mearsheimer was gleefully blackballed by academics and commentators for daring to suggest that America had goaded Putin and been drawn into a costly war that harmed our interests.—
Samuel Moyn,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Clark has previously testified on the stand that after falling out with Combs, the Revolt TV founder tried to blackball her.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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“Boycott.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boycott. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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