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Recent Examples of sit in
Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
At 17-50 and riding a three-game losing streak, the Nets also sit in a familiar spot on the draft board.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
In the summer of 1960, Jackson participated in a sit-in at the whites-only Greenville County Public Library and was subsequently arrested as one of the Greenville Eight for disorderly conduct.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Museums Built for Curious Kids Two of the Bay Area’s standout family attractions sit in downtown San Jose, roughly 6 miles from Levi’s Stadium — a trip that takes about 15 to 20 minutes by car or aboard the VTA light rail.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
At 17-50 and riding a three-game losing streak, the Nets also sit in a familiar spot on the draft board.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
Yunseo Chung Immigration officials moved to deport Yunseo Chung, a then-21-year-old Columbia undergraduate from South Korea with permanent resident status, in March 2025 after she and other students were arrested by local law enforcement at a sit-in at the university.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
In the summer of 1960, Jackson participated in a sit-in at the whites-only Greenville County Public Library and was subsequently arrested as one of the Greenville Eight for disorderly conduct.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
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Verb
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Thousands of immigrants have been ambushed by masked ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza over the past year while walking out of court hearings and held in custody at the complex, according to ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Three Air Canada Express crew members were seen walking out and giving reporters a thumb's up.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Verb
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Even a little boy walked up to her and asked to give her a hug.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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Nawrocki allowed an unearned run and struck out 12 while walking 2.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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
Noun
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Meanwhile, the economic slowdown in China and ballooning public debt in the United States are in part due to the two powers’ aging populations.—
John Rennie Short,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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Memory stocks — Shares built on Friday’s slight rebound in these names after a major sell-off in the stocks due to Google research that investors feared could preview a slowdown in chip demand.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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