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Recent Examples of boycott
There are mounting calls to boycott MUBI; members are canceling subscriptions, and filmmakers may soon begin to remove their films from the platform and database.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
Notice these Dems didn’t abscond to Oklahoma or Arkansas to boycott their legislative session.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
The Sheffield Wednesday Supporters’ Trust has urged fans to boycott official merchandise and stay out of their seats for the opening of the new Championship season at Leicester City.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
The Weeknd decided to boycott the ceremony following his controversial shut-out at the 2021 ceremony.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
Notice these Dems didn’t abscond to Oklahoma or Arkansas to boycott their legislative session.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
The Sheffield Wednesday Supporters’ Trust has urged fans to boycott official merchandise and stay out of their seats for the opening of the new Championship season at Leicester City.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
The Weeknd decided to boycott the ceremony following his controversial shut-out at the 2021 ceremony.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boycott
blackball
Verb
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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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Having exposed the existence of Task Force X at the end of the first season, Leota Adebayo has been blackballed by her mother, Amanda Waller, and thrown out again by her wife Keeya.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Boycott.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boycott. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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