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Recent Examples of lock out
Verb
In the government's view, this forced rivals to nibble around the edges after being locked out by Google's contracts.—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025 Meanwhile, soy protein locks out humidity to prevent unwanted poofiness.—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
The rear suspension works through a four-pivot system with no adjustability or lockout (an air-adjustable shock is an option).—William Roberson, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 Prior to that, Ottawa reached the postseason every year between 1997 and 2008, a streak interrupted only by the 2004-05 lockout.—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lock out
When his remarks concluded, the pope walked down the steps at the front of the stage in the hall and shook hands with a line of Vatican officials, exchanging a few words with each person.
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Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
The weather was warm, neighbors walked their dogs and downtown’s many construction sites boomed with noise.
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.
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Jamila Stewart,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.
That was the man who walked out smiling, a little overwhelmed but entirely calm, into the late afternoon Roman sunshine, to the roars of a stunned and exhilarated crowd.
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Anna Rowlands,
Time,
12 May 2025
Pat McAfee Pat McAfee walked out with a football jersey, but wrestled shirtless.
Procurement Decisions Consider a scenario where AI predicts that a key Southeast Asian supplier may face production slowdowns due to political instability.
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Viral Hirpara,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
Trump—who has long decried the trade deficits the U.S. has with China and other countries—tried this week to frame the dramatic slowdown in shipments from China as a positive sign.
The walkout by members of Local 788 and Local 766 comes amid soaring profits for Lockheed, which made $24 billion over the past three years and paid its CEO $66 million.
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Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
Students at a middle school in Germany staged a walkout in February over anti-DEI measures that was timed to coincide with Hegseth visiting the country.
Earlier this month, hundreds of Metro bus riders staged a sick-out in protest of the rising number of assaults among their ranks carried out by passengers.
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Nathan Solis,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2024
On Wednesday, the City Council voted to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Baggett’s family members.
— TRANSIT TRAUMA: Days after hundreds of Metro bus drivers staged a sick-out protesting safety concerns, L.A.’s transit network continued to experience a string of violent behavior.
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