had blackballed
- past perfect of blackball.
Example Sentences
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He also denied that the league had blackballed Freedom, saying that comparisons to Kaepernick were “completely unfounded and unfair.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
So it was true, Marge realized: The garden club had blackballed her.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2020
In his lawsuit against the N.F.L., recently settled, Kaepernick claimed that the league had blackballed him.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2019
Speaking to BBC Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur in January, Ms Judd said she believed that Mr Weinstein had "blackballed" her because she was "not frightened" of him.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2018
It was known that Major Appleby Cartwright had blackballed him.
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway
