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Recent Examples of lock out
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
Talks are likely to begin in April ahead of the current CBA’s expiration in December, when owners are likely to lock out the players.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
He was presented with the award in 2006 following the league’s season-long lockout and return with new rules.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
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Verb
There are no room keys either, because there's no one to lock out.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
Talks are likely to begin in April ahead of the current CBA’s expiration in December, when owners are likely to lock out the players.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
Everyone outside Los Angeles blames them — nothing personal, mind you, but as a symbol of the gaping financial disparity in baseball and a trigger for the almost certain lockout to follow the World Series.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
He was presented with the award in 2006 following the league’s season-long lockout and return with new rules.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock out
Verb
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After stabbing Smith, the woman walked east on Eastern Parkway to the Sutter Ave.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Lambert finished with a two-hitter, striking out eight, walking three and hitting one batter.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.—
Jamila Stewart,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
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News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
Peoplemag,
22 Mar. 2023
Verb
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The three unions, representing most district employees, were prepared to walk out together unless each union achieved its own tentative agreement.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Penton walked out herself and hugged two women who’d attended the proceedings.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The San Francisco Giants were out of town and businesses around Oracle Park and Mission Bay reported a slowdown.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Its effective shuttering for the duration of the conflict has stoked a global energy crisis and stoked fears of a worldwide slowdown and rampant inflation.—
Kate Sullivan,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But there was no mass walkout, no opprobrium.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Some Netflix employees staged a walkout in 2021 over Chappelle's special, but the streamer stood by him.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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Organized job actions like strikes or sickouts are prohibited by federal law, but since air traffic control staffing is so tight, a small number of employees taking unscheduled time off can be enough to cause problems.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Workers have even more leverage: Employees can circulate internal petitions calling on their CEOs to cut ties with ICE and organize collective actions like sick-outs.—
Eric Blanc,
Washington Post,
12 Jan. 2026
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Boomer also denied that the district’s accusation that employees in the department had organized a sick-out on Oct. 15.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Lock out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock%20out. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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