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Recent Examples of boycottedOthers were thwarted when male jockeys boycotted or threatened to boycott if a woman was riding.—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boycotted
blackballed
Verb
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.
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Joseph Strauss,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2026
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.