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Christine Christie Posted 4 years ago
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Draw boycott calls
Consider the following sentence:
"Coke, McDonald's, Pepsi draw boycott calls over Russia."
What does 'to draw boycott call' mean?
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Christine Christie What does 'to draw boycott call' mean? That is a headline. It is written in the style characteristic of headlines.
- Christine Christie What does 'to draw boycott call' mean?
- That is a headline.
- It is written in the style characteristic of headlines.
- You omit every word you can and bend every rule to save words.
- They have gone a little too far with it this time, but as far as I can tell it means The three companies incur (draw) demands (calls) that the public boycott them for their behavior regarding Russia's current activity (over Russia).
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Christine ChristieWhat does 'to draw boycott call' mean?
That is a headline. It is written in the style characteristic of headlines. You omit every word you can and bend every rule to save words. They have gone a little too far with it this time, but as far as I can tell it means
The three companies incur (draw) demands (calls) that the public boycott
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