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Recent Examples of sick-out
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.
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Eric Blanc, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2026
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
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
Eric Blanc, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2026
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
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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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
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Of the original living participants of the first historic Katz Drug Store sit-in, only two have been unable to visit the Clara Luper National Sit-In Plaza since its 2025 dedication in downtown Oklahoma City.—
Carla Hinton,
Oklahoman,
11 Feb. 2026
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By the end of the week, more than 200 people were taking part in the sit-in during business hours.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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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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That has led, in part, to some talk of a salary cap and a potential lockout perhaps erasing the entire 2027 season.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Whether enough owners will have the stomach to endure a lengthy lockout is arguably the most important question facing the sport in a year.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Sick-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick-out. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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