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Infantino was also pressed on the calls for countries to boycott this year’s World Cup due to concerns relating to Trump’s rhetoric around invading Greenland and his domestic immigration policies.
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Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Their protest was part of a larger movement by a collective of Black athletes, the Olympic Project for Human Rights, who had threatened to boycott the Olympic Games if a set of civil rights demands were not met, according to Bass.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Ideas expressed in the piece International soccer federations should boycott the 2026 World Cup to protest the deaths of individuals at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the current administration’s immigration policies and global interventionism.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Will countries or teams boycott the World Cup?
—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Their protest was part of a larger movement by a collective of Black athletes, the Olympic Project for Human Rights, who had threatened to boycott the Olympic Games if a set of civil rights demands were not met, according to Bass.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Ideas expressed in the piece International soccer federations should boycott the 2026 World Cup to protest the deaths of individuals at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the current administration’s immigration policies and global interventionism.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Will countries or teams boycott the World Cup?
—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 26 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 14 Feb. 2026.
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