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• The government decision meant that the proposed boycott of South African goods was a dead duck.From the entry dead duck
• Within days, conservative celebrities and politicians called for a boycott of the brand.2023 April 25, Amanda Holpuch, Julie Creswell, “2 Executives Are on Leave After Bud Light Promotion With Transgender Influencer”, in The…. From the entry buycott
• The Pro-changers wished to lift the existing boycott on elections, the No-changers wanted to maintain it.2015, Simone Panter-Brick, Gandhi and Nationalism: The Path to Indian Independence, page 103. From the entry no changer
• Hence the uproar over the Olympia Food Co-op's institutional boycott of Israeli products through deshelving.2013, M. Hallward, Transnational Activism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, →ISBN, page 197. From the entry deshelving
• My father with his Christmas-red vest and braggart’s moustache is boycotting the party.1996, Pat Lowther, Time Capsule: New and Selected Poems, Polestar Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 200. From the entry fisheye
• The most controversial Ch’ing figure during the boycott movement was probably Ts’en Ch’un-hsuan, the governor-general of Liangkwang.1983, Shih-shan Henry Tsai, “The Chinese Boycott of 1905: People's Reaction to Exclusion”, in China and the Overseas Chinese in the United…. From the entry Liangkwang
• Many Negroes feel that the only effective answer to the "sitout" is the boycott or "selective buying."1965, George Eaton Simpson, John Milton Yinger, Racial and cultural minorities: an analysis of prejudice and discrimination, page 486. From the entry sitout
• The movement advocates for boycotts of Israeli products, divestment from companies operating in Israeli settlements, and sanctions against Israel.2023 October 15, Julian Gen, The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Comprehensive Introduction: The History, Politics, and Culture Behind the…. From the entry bds
• Boycott any pub that bans work clothes, allows customers to reserve tables or only sells beer in schooners.2018 June 6, Tony Naylor, “The new rules of pub etiquette: don't flirt with bar staff or steal the glasses”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry schooner
• Instead, the unions persisted in believing they could defeat Murdoch through a unified campaign of picket lines, blackings and boycotts.2013, Graham Stewart, Bang!: A History of Britain in the 1980s. From the entry blacking
• This wouldn’t go down well back home, where the Scousers still boycott the paper 20 years after its Hillsborough coverage.2009 July 7, Matthew Norman, “[Sporting Miscellanies] Stevie G risks wrath as he soaks up The Sun”, in Evening Standard, London, page 50…. From the entry currant bun
• Russia, occupying North Korea, has boycotted the commission completely.1948 March 9 [1948 March 8], “U.N. Officials Fight Korea Voting Plan”, in The Washington Post, number 26,199, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2. From the entry North Korea
• Trump urged his followers to “boycott baseball” – though, much like his core support, the sport’s fanbase skews older, male and white.2023 June 12, Tom Dart, “US culture wars come to baseball as MLB celebrates Pride month”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry skew
• These calls were then followed by calls for a reverse boycott, or buycott, encouraging people to buy Bud Light to show support for the marketing.2023 April 25, Amanda Holpuch, Julie Creswell, “2 Executives Are on Leave After Bud Light Promotion With Transgender Influencer”, in The…. From the entry buycott
• Holy mother of BASED if he actually boycotts by refusing to play SoloQ and the impact that could actually have if others join in.2022 March 9, @LSXYZ9, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 May 2024. From the entry holy mother of based
• Fortuitously, the Soviet delegate was not in attendance, having begun a boycott previously over the UN’s refusal to seat a delegate from Communist China.2015, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America, Threshold Editions, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry Communist China
• I mean it's certainly less polemical than having some Greenpeace types confront these hunters with Zodiacs and boycotts and insults in the media.2002, Jim Nollman, The Beluga Café: My Strange Adventure With Art, Music, and Whales. From the entry Greenpeace
• A boycott was organized that resulted not only in the closing of the peanut galleries but also closing of the theaters to blacks altogether.2001, John E. Kleber, The Encyclopedia of Louisville, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 630. From the entry peanut gallery
• The Montgomery bus boycott was "saved by the bell" of a federal Supreme Court decision that came just before the last minute.1997, John Howard Yoder, For the Nations: Essays Evangelical and Public, →ISBN, page 130. From the entry saved by the bell
• The boycott of Florida orange juice, while coming from genuine feelings, is basically a milky-liberal response to an issue that needs united, vocal, public action.1977 April 23, Ken Withers, “No Boycott”, in Gay Community News, page 5. From the entry milky
• Late last year, Chinese e-commerce giant JD faced a boycott by customers infuriated by its casting of trailblazing woman comedian Yang Li in a promotional live stream.2025 July 26, Chris Lau and Joyce Jiang, “Joking about her abusive husband launched this Chinese comedian to stardom. The authorities…. From the entry diktat
• A group of Redditors, many of whom are moderators, organized a temporary boycott, with participating subreddits going private or restricted for 48 hours starting on Monday.2023 June 14, Sara Morrison, “The ongoing Reddit Blackout, explained”, in Vox, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2024. From the entry blackout
• Trump’s fiercest advocates have launched their Samson option: If he can’t keep power, they’ll bring down the party with him by calling for a boycott of the election.2020 December 29, Frida Ghitis, “Trump has set Republicans up to fail in Georgia”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2022. From the entry fierce
• He talks about how we must remember the unsung heroes and sheroes of the Talahassee boycott, of the movement in general, and finally, he wonders how C.2010 April 1, Ana Maria Spagna, Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter's Civil Rights Journey, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN. From the entry shero
• The plants were blacked by the Transport and General Workers' Union and a consumer boycott was organised; both activities contributed to what the union saw as a victory.2003, Alun Howkins, The Death of Rural England, page 175. From the entry black
• Surprisingly, the Xihua boycott in Youth Village (qingnian cun) was organized in the name of a peasant organization, the Central Plain Peasant Association (Zhongyuan nongmin xiehui).1994, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47. From the entry proletarian
• The primary boycott prohibits citizens of an Arab League member from buying from, selling to, or entering into a business contract with either the Israeli government or an Israeli citizen.2017, Congressional Research Service. From the entry secondary boycott

Meaning of boycott

1. verb To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
2. noun The act of boycotting.

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How do you use boycott in a sentence?

Boycott is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The government decision meant that the proposed boycott of South African goods was a dead duck.”

What is a short sentence with boycott?

“Russia, occupying North Korea, has boycotted the commission completely.”

What does boycott mean?

Boycott means to abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.