Example Sentences

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No team has boycotted the Olympics since North Korea snubbed the neighboring South for the 1988 Seoul Summer Games.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

Thailand's army has boycotted online retailer Lazada over an advert that the government is probing for allegedly insulting the country's royal family.

From BBC • May 9, 2022

A coalition of candidates including former presidents has boycotted the vote.

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2021

Holiday spirits visit a single father who has boycotted Christmas since his wife left him.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2019

The event always comes upon us with violence and is always completely misunderstood—because the Press has boycotted the men's claims.

From The Free Press by Belloc, Hilaire