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Recent Examples of sick-out
Last season, Maggie faced nursing union negotiations, culminating in a sick-out.
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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
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
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The unexpected collapse of Technicolor triggered layoffs and production disruptions, while a broader post-pandemic slowdown has seen commissions drop nearly 30%.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Airport numbers slow to rebound in Bay Area Potential air traffic slowdowns are arriving at a delicate time for airports, some of which have yet to recover from temporary travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects since.—
HECTOR AMEZCUA,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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In contrast, there are about 17,000 sit-in Starbucks stores across the United States.—
Vivek Astvansh,
The Conversation,
14 Oct. 2025
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One March 2024 protest saw a student sit-in that resulted in four students and one reporter arrested.—
Angele Latham,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
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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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With the collective bargaining agreement ending after next season, a salary cap discourse may lead to a lockout.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Nashville’s lockout from the major categories year after year (aside from an outlier like Beyonce’s one-time genre dip) is bound to stir discussion going forward.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Sick-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick-out. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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