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Recent Examples of sit in
Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
As for Washington, the Mystics have been a new team since Shakira Austin returned to the starting lineup, and the team has gone from being one of the teams projected to finish at the bottom of the standings to a fringe playoff contender, currently sitting in the No. 8 seed.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
CBS News, 10 June 2025
Where students organize walkouts and sit-ins to fight for a better education.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
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Verb
Four months, six pairs of knee pads and one small media blitz after her crawl to the state Capitol, Willis is sitting in her home in Houston on a hot afternoon in late June.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
As for Washington, the Mystics have been a new team since Shakira Austin returned to the starting lineup, and the team has gone from being one of the teams projected to finish at the bottom of the standings to a fringe playoff contender, currently sitting in the No. 8 seed.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Noun
More than a dozen people were arrested on Monday, including 24 people who were taken into custody during a sit-in outside of Trump Tower, CBS New York reported.
—CBS News, 10 June 2025
Where students organize walkouts and sit-ins to fight for a better education.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit in
Verb
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Almost three hours after the vote began, Johnson, Lee, Scott and Lummis walked out of Thune’s office with Vice President Vance and headed to the Senate floor to cast the final votes to advance the bill.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
29 June 2025
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Hall walks out to applause, welcoming the TamFam, bringing grace and grit to every second of airtime.—
Corein Carter,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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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When police arrived, the vehicle was unoccupied, but police round the victim and another passenger walking about a block away.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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Byron Buxton #25 of the Minnesota Twins walks to the dugout in the eighth inning of the game against the Seattle Mariners at Target Field on June 23, 2025 in...—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
Noun
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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
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The order also directed an investigation of the job action, which was a violation of the Taylor Law barring certain state employees from striking.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has run Japan with just two brief gaps since 1955, is very skilled at pinning economic slowdowns on the BOJ.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The slowdown in Sin City is in line with what’s going on elsewhere, Hill said.—
Matt Villano,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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