How to Use boycott in a Sentence

boycott

verb
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  • They boycotted the city's bus system.
  • We boycotted companies that were polluting the environment.
  • Some encouraged truckers to boycott routes going through Colorado.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Calls to boycott Hilda and Jesse and low ratings flooded online reviews for the restaurant over the weekend.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Australia, Canada and the U.K. have all said their governments (but not athletes) will boycott the game.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Exiled leaders of the democracy movement have called for Hong Kongers to cast blank ballots this weekend or boycott the process.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The landslide in this referendum is due to the pro-independence movement's decision to boycott the vote after the French government refused to postpone it.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 12 Dec. 2021
  • This time, the calls to boycott the Games were too loud to ignore.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2022
  • If Bud Light were the only beer in the world, it would not be boycotted.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
  • In reportedly boycotting the Grammy Awards, Bryan joins the ranks of other high-profile artists who have withdrawn from the nominations process in recent years.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2024
  • One of them, Sen. Sanders, has spent 30 years boycotting this event.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Some have vowed to boycott the NBA over the league’s activism.
    — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Fans threatened to boycott her; the worst of them threatened to kill her child.
    — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The Astros need to act more woke if only to get Ted Cruz to boycott them.
    — Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Rather than boycott the game, the Houston Nine formed their own tour.
    — Claire Wolters, National Geographic, 5 July 2019
  • One hater even threatened to boycott the singer: Between the nip slip and the tweets, there's a lot going on here.
    — Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 29 June 2017
  • Please boycott these hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 3 Apr. 2019
  • The movie gained the spotlight after many major theaters boycotted it over the rise of VOD, a fight of the past now.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
  • He has also called for fans to boycott games if the form of protest continues.
    — John Wagner, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Here's what's behind the social media calls to boycott the chain.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The rot runs so deep that, per the duo, Republicans should boycott the runoffs.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The first round saw a record-low turnout of 40% because many Iranians had boycotted the vote as an act of protest.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
  • But Irish leaders in the north and south have been under pressure to boycott this year.
    — Marisa Bellack, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Peace came when, during the historic 1994 elections, the IFP at the last minute reversed a threat to boycott the vote.
    — Amy Cassidy, CNN, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Fans could boycott games, which would impact the team’s finances.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The Taliban have urged Afghans to boycott the vote and said polling stations would be targets.
    — Cara Anna, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2019
  • The union is asking riders to boycott using Uber until the strike ends.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • There had been talk of a protest or boycott if a team with Lanzarotti entered.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 16 June 2019
  • Many of the country’s top medical and law schools have chosen to boycott the list.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Most anti-India groups – which frequently called to boycott elections – have been banned or rebranded since 2019, leading to the absence of separatist politics.
    — Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2024

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