Sentence examples for boycott among from inspiring English sources

A pro-life construction boss, Chris Danze, organised a boycott among subcontractors and publicised the phone numbers of any plumber, electrician or carpenter working on the project.

Charles Ponzi wasn't the first to try it, but he has joined Dr. Bowdler and Captain Boycott among those whose names will forever be terms of abuse.

Ms. Jones is, as usual, an authoritative presence in the title role of the cagey, spiny ur-feminist who organizes a sex boycott among the women of the warring city-states of Greece in order to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian War.

The backlash went so far as to inspire a boycott among some shoppers, though again Mehta said that this was not the primary cause for returning tipping.

But the Chinese also fought back, filing lawsuits and organizing boycotts, among other means.

After news of the comments swept across Wall Street and sparked talk of boycotts among Mr. Batali's well-heeled clientele, he apologized.

In response to the threats of Oscar boycotts among the likes of Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith, and under the social media storm hashtagged as #OscarsSoWhite, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences took a dramatic decision to address institutional racism last week.

Despite the trauma of nearly six months of unprecedented street clashes in 2009, there is no talk of a boycott, even among the former opposition members.

Elsevier, the global company that publishes prestigious scientific journals like The Lancet and Cell, is facing a growing boycott movement among academics who oppose its pricing system, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

Kevin Pietersen, Ian Botham and Geoff Boycott are among the world's best ringers, according to Andy Bull in his latest delivery of The Spin - and now Shahid Afridi can be added to that list too.

The E.U.'s commissioner for research rightly dismissed the boycott call, arguing, among other things, that cutting international ties among scholars was at odds with the goal of ending conflict.