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as in to walk out

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The lights are off, and a few lonely parfaits sit in its cooler. — Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 Do not let pasta sit in the sink waiting for the condimento to be ready or for your family and friends to sit down at the table or open a bottle of wine or feed the dog while your pasta sits, dying, in a colander. — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

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Pressure also mounted after opposition leader Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in outside Modi’s residence Tuesday, thrusting the Cockroaches to the center of India’s political debate. — ABC News, 22 July 2026 But a sit-in continued into Tuesday and Wednesday in Jantar Mantar, close to the Parliament building. — Connor Greene, Time, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sit in

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Nikkei also reported that former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba walked out of the meeting halfway.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
Learn why many candidates walk out and what to consider when deciding whether an AI job interview is worth it, with tips from career expert Colleen Batchelder.

— Courtney Connley-Hampton, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of walk out

Noun

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
The seven new sit-down restaurants are serving an impressive mix of Italian, Eastern European, Brazilian, French and Mexican food.

— Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023

Definition of sit-down

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The edge defender walked off the field with team trainers and did not return, though Koonce continued to practice.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
The Santa Monica pilot showed a meaningful shift away from solo car trips and that meant more people were walking, riding bikes and scooters.

— Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 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
The job action shut down the entirety of New Jersey Transit’s rail service, from the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains in New York to Atlantic City — including, most notably, trains into and out of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.

— Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025

Definition of job action

Noun

Management, however, characterized the slowdown as a timing issue rather than a loss of business.

— Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Sales in China, which has become responsible for around one-third of global luxury demand over the last decade, and the broader Asian market, have seen a significant slowdown.

— Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

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