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Recent Examples of sick-out
Boomer also denied that the district’s accusation that employees in the department had organized a sick-out on Oct. 15.
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Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2025
Last season, Maggie faced nursing union negotiations, culminating in a sick-out.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025
Maggie’s major Season 10 storyline involved the tense nursing union negotiations at the hospital, which culminated in a sick-out.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Earlier this month, hundreds of Metro bus riders staged a sick-out in protest of the rising number of assaults among their ranks carried out by passengers.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2025
Last season, Maggie faced nursing union negotiations, culminating in a sick-out.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025
Maggie’s major Season 10 storyline involved the tense nursing union negotiations at the hospital, which culminated in a sick-out.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Earlier this month, hundreds of Metro bus riders staged a sick-out in protest of the rising number of assaults among their ranks carried out by passengers.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick-out
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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
Noun
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The slowdown in production has also put a strain on industry health plans, which could force negotiators to look into adjusting benefit structures.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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Stocks edged higher following the release, easing fears of a sharper employment slowdown.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In the capital, a sit-in at the Grand Bazaar earlier this week prompted security forces to deploy tear gas and temporarily shut the market.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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The contours of Hind’s death grew into an international outrage, with Columbia student protesters renaming a campus building Hind’s Hall during a sit-in that spring; Macklemore wrote a song.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
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
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Their patience during Freddie Freeman’s prolonged free agency through a lockout and into March 2022 helped land the future World Series MVP in Los Angeles.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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For a work stoppage to begin, either the players would need to call a strike or the owners would need to trigger a lockout.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Sick-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick-out. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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