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Recent Examples of boycott
Other Americans have begun to boycott companies like UPS and Comcast that contract with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
In one recent episode of The Good, The Bad & The Football, Butt could be heard threatening to boycott Old Trafford if the club appointed Chelsea’s then head coach Enzo Maresca as Amorim’s replacement.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
In the years since, Americans vowed to effectively boycott microplastics, hastily tossing plastic spatulas in the garbage.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Jan. 2026
In the wake of this call from the board, dozens of authors moved to boycott the ALF.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Jan. 2026
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
In one recent episode of The Good, The Bad & The Football, Butt could be heard threatening to boycott Old Trafford if the club appointed Chelsea’s then head coach Enzo Maresca as Amorim’s replacement.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
In the years since, Americans vowed to effectively boycott microplastics, hastily tossing plastic spatulas in the garbage.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Jan. 2026
In the wake of this call from the board, dozens of authors moved to boycott the ALF.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boycott
blackball
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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
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By the time Childress was writing for Freedom, Paul Robeson was already an actor, athlete, and scholar blackballed by the U.S. government for his political views and Communist Party affiliations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Boycott.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boycott. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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