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Recent Examples of lock out
Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Selecting Track requires pulling over and spinning the gearshifter dial to Park, then a moment while the springs lock out and lower the chassis.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Doha Madani, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
Engelbert said in October that the league wants to avoid a lockout.
—Jessica Golden,alex Sherman, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
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Verb
Without an agreement, or an agreement to extend the negotiating deadline, the owners will lock out the players.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Selecting Track requires pulling over and spinning the gearshifter dial to Park, then a moment while the springs lock out and lower the chassis.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
Tensions have flared all year over the negotiations and fears that 2026 would begin with a player lockout.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
Engelbert said in October that the league wants to avoid a lockout.
—Jessica Golden,alex Sherman, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock out
Verb
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Together, the three systems enable continuous, adaptive whole-body autonomy — allowing humanoid robots to walk, carry, reach, and recover in real time.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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What kind of person would shoot a poet on the street and walk away?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 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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Shortly after being resentenced, Thompson escaped from the Harris County jail in Houston by walking out the front door virtually unchallenged by deputies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The future is still uncertain for Porter, who walked out of jail on his own.—
Sara Machi,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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If this figure is more reliable, then there has been a flattening of growth and a spending slowdown in Europe.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Conversely, economic slowdown could pressure silver more severely than gold, as industrial users might seek substitutes or reduce consumption when prices remain elevated.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The workers previously held a five-day walkout with marches and picket lines in rainy weather in October.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Over the last two weeks, students at schools across Minnesota have held walkouts in protest of the immigration operation and Good's killing.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 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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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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Last season, Maggie faced nursing union negotiations, culminating in a sick-out.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Lock out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock%20out. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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