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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

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

After that testimony, Frankie Andreu had trouble keeping jobs within cycling because, he and Betsy said, you had blackballed them for speaking out.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2013

It was known that Major Appleby Cartwright had blackballed him.

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway