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locks out

verb

present tense third-person singular of lock out

as in walks

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The person, identified by authorities as Berezovska, then walks away, reaching into her pocket for a phone.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
In the 2013 movie, Joaquin Phoenix’s character, Theodore, walks around the city talking to Samantha, his AI companion, through a tiny earpiece.

— Joanna Stern, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of walks

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Let’s back up a moment first, to set the stage before Collier walks out on it.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
The kind that walks out the door when somebody retires or leaves and is extraordinarily slow and expensive to rebuild, if it can be rebuilt at all.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of walks out

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So, in order to make an extreme contact point work, the batter has to be able to discern balls and strikes really well.

— Eno Sarris, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The virus also causes a rare but fatal neurological condition called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), which typically strikes years after a child seemingly recovers from the infection.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026

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