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Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 16 May 2026
For a while now, the dominant narrative of the gubernatorial race has been whether the two Republican candidates who have sat at the top of recent polling could lock out the Democrats and advance to the general.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
The dunk contest returned and went Due to the aforementioned lockout, the NBA did without its All-Star Game, so there was no dunk contest that year.
—James Jackson, New York Times, 26 May 2026
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Verb
Saturday — to again try to resolve their differences before the union is legally allowed to go on strike or the agency could lock out workers.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 16 May 2026
For a while now, the dominant narrative of the gubernatorial race has been whether the two Republican candidates who have sat at the top of recent polling could lock out the Democrats and advance to the general.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
What makes Becerra’s rise so ironic is that California Democratic Party Chairman Rusty Hicks has spent a significant amount of time this campaign trying to get low-polling Democrats, like Becerra for much of the race, to drop out to avoid a possible lockout of two Republicans advancing.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
The dunk contest returned and went Due to the aforementioned lockout, the NBA did without its All-Star Game, so there was no dunk contest that year.
—James Jackson, New York Times, 26 May 2026
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Verb
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Today, there is a visitor center nearby, along with miles of walking trails.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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The 22-year-old right-hander gave up three hits, struck out seven and walked five in his 107-pitch effort, which included a 97-mph fastball to whiff Joey Loperfido with the bases loaded to end the third.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 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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Millions of women are walking into doctors’ offices with fatigue, anxiety and brain fog and walking out with a thyroid prescription or an antidepressant.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Democrats walked out of that briefing.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
10 June 2026
Noun
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This slowdown, however, is not investment thesis changing for us as orders tend to be lumpy.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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Still, California’s slowdown is minor compared to the rest of the country.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
7 June 2026
Noun
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While their demands include higher wages and job security, the main reason for the potential walkout stems from the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the international soccer tournament.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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Some Netflix employees staged a walkout in 2021 over Chappelle's special, but the streamer stood by him.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
2 June 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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