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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
blackball .
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Examples
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Post columnist Tom Keegan in his book last year that Durocher was blackballed from the American League after the incident, and his career nearly ended.
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"blackballed" - shunned by Wall Street firms, he said.
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Cat, still angry at being "blackballed," seems game.
Last one ever?: D.C. 'Housewives' recap and fact-check (#9, Oct. 7) The Reliable Source 2010
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Tom Farer, a legal adviser to Howe, says that Aidid thought he had been "blackballed" as a Somali leader. '
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I had a particular interest, because the developer had 'blackballed' me as a suitable person to be Chair of the meeting.
Blackballed. Glyn Davies 2008
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Correll also says he was wrongfully terminated by the Mouse House and "blackballed" from being involved in other Disney projects.
X17 Online X17Online 2010
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Correll also says he was wrongfully terminated by the Mouse House and "blackballed" from being involved in other Disney projects.
X17 Online X17Online 2010
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He claims his attempts to report the alleged misconduct were ignored by co-producers and he was ultimately "blackballed" from working on the show.
London Free Press 2010
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It's understood police will allege the men "blackballed" the victim on several occasions -
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Disney also fired one of the creators and "blackballed" him from directing any other Disney shows after he testified against the company in a union arbitration hearing, according to the lawsuit in Superior Court.
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