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Recent Examples of lock out
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
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
Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Major League Baseball is headed towards a lockout when the collective-bargaining agreement expires on Dec. 1.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Once a victim enters their information, scammers log in, lock out the real owner and move money.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
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
Noun
The United Steelworkers Union announced on Thursday that its workers should prepare for a strike or lockout at the BP Whiting refinery.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Major League Baseball is headed towards a lockout when the collective-bargaining agreement expires on Dec. 1.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock out
Verb
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During heavy rain, avoid parking or walking near culverts or drainage ditches, where swift-moving water can pose a serious risk.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Getting down to the beach also requires walking off-piste.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 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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Dorsey's aunt briefly walked out of court with tears in her eyes as a frantic 911 caller described the extent of her nephew's injuries, the bullet wound to the neck, the lack of a pulse.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Kochi reports some Democrats are planning to skip the event, while others are planning to walk out midway through the speech and bring guests to underscore their arguments about the impacts of his policies.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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On the other hand, a slowdown was registered in Europe, penalized by the wholesale channel, and in China.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Crypto/options trading activity cooled materially after the market rolled over in early October 2025, and Robinhood's Q4 results reflected that slowdown.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some people taking part in recent walkouts and demonstrations have encountered police skirmish lines, arrests.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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There are potential gray areas — such as whether a large-scale school walkout — which organizers intend to be dramatic — would fall outside this protection because students don’t formally check out, for example.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 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 20 Feb. 2026.
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