locks out

present tense third-person singular of lock out
as in walks

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  • Twenty-seven floors above the hotel lobby, Luka Dončić walks to the table near the floor-length windows, plops down on a chair and, within minutes, is sipping on a double espresso.
    Dan Woike, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The episode walks viewers from initial flights on the aluminium frame, through the carbon-fibre upgrade, wheel retraction and steering tests, to final flights after iterative weight reduction and control tuning.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • With each employee who walks out the door, operational decay follows, with remaining employees often disengaging from their work.
    Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • In my opinion, the style strikes the ideal middle ground between baggy and skinny jeans — polished enough to wear to the office yet comfortable enough to run errands and relax in.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Iran’s rejection of these terms contributed to a diplomatic deadlock that preceded the 12-day war with Israel and strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Locks out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locks%20out. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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