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The election, which the political opposition urged people to boycott, was the first to allow broad voter participation since last year's presidential contest, which President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won despite credible evidence to the contrary.
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Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
The election, which the political opposition urged people to boycott, is the first to allow broad voter participation since last year’s presidential contest, which President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won despite substantive evidence to the contrary.
—Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Following Venezuela’s sham legislative elections May 25, which were boycotted by the main opposition coalition and marked by an embarrassingly low voter turnout, dictator Nicolás Maduro is likely done pretending to hold free elections.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Here is how students are preserving the traditions Last month, the Trump administration threatened to cancel medical research funds and to pull the accreditation of universities that have diversity and inclusion programs or boycott Israeli companies.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
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Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
The election, which the political opposition urged people to boycott, is the first to allow broad voter participation since last year’s presidential contest, which President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won despite substantive evidence to the contrary.
—Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Following Venezuela’s sham legislative elections May 25, which were boycotted by the main opposition coalition and marked by an embarrassingly low voter turnout, dictator Nicolás Maduro is likely done pretending to hold free elections.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Here is how students are preserving the traditions Last month, the Trump administration threatened to cancel medical research funds and to pull the accreditation of universities that have diversity and inclusion programs or boycott Israeli companies.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boycott
blackball
Verb
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The Chicks were blackballed for the same thing: speaking out against the U.S. president in England.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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Rumors persist of prospective members being blackballed for simply asking about membership.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Boycott.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boycott. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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