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Definition of lock out

as in to walk

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By the end of the year, all of Flock's law enforcement customers will also have to turn on a tool that aims to flag abnormal search behavior and lock out people until the searches are reviewed by an administrator. — Anna Schecter, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 That most likely will not take place until long after the owners lock out the players in December, and when spring training and regular season games become increasingly at risk. — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Noun

Revenue was only around $8 billion at the time, and the league was enmeshed in controversy, from Spygate to concussion hearings to a pending lockout. — Will Leitch, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026 In March 2022, the two sides ended a 99-day lockout when MLB and the MLBPA ratified the new collective bargaining agreement. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lock out

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More energetic outdoor activities include swimming in the saltwater pool, walking or jogging on the Deck 15 track, paddle tennis, golf cages, and a mini-golf course.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
The spare was also flat, and the patch kit had grown legs and walked away.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of walk

Noun

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
The seven new sit-down restaurants are serving an impressive mix of Italian, Eastern European, Brazilian, French and Mexican food.

— Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023

Definition of sit-down

Verb

Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding walked out of his press conference to a standing ovation from the donors who had filed into the room after the Rebels had spoiled Lane Kiffin's return to Oxford.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Before Thursday night's decision, students at Lincoln Way East walked out in support of Homewood-Flossmoor students.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of walk out

Noun

The separate releases are the first to roll out since Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for an industry-wide slowdown on developing advanced AI as the debate about model safety reached a fever pitch in recent weeks.

— CJ Haddad, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
That has the potential to be a natural slowdown of its own, and these models are both being positioned for that new, on-the-ground reality.

— Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of slowdown

Noun

As part of the agreement, the Brooks logo will feature prominently on the front of all training, travel, walkout and warm-up apparel worn by Crystal Palace’s men’s and women’s first-teams.

— Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026
The decision followed a walkout at Lincoln-Way East where about 50 students protested the racist taunting by their peers at the football game against H-F, along with similar actions alleged at a girls cross country meet the following day.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of walkout

Noun

The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.

— Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
The job action shut down the entirety of New Jersey Transit’s rail service, from the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains in New York to Atlantic City — including, most notably, trains into and out of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.

— Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025

Definition of job action

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