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as in exits
to leave a place often for another
we simply walked out after waiting half an hour for someone to come and serve us
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Recent Examples of walks out
But when danger walks in courtesy of a very large and formidable alien, Kara walks out and throws hands at the dude.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The Ed Sullivan Theater, the crowd is full, the curtain pulls, people are cheering, and David Letterman walks out.
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
18 June 2026
The woman stands and walks out.
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Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Video of his arrest shows an armored vehicle parked in the front yard as Abugharbieh walks out the front door with his hands up and a bath towel tied around his waist.
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Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
Mitchell Robinson, relegated to a diminished role this season under Brown, walks out of the building.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
Bama pitcher Vic Moten apparently got all those walks out of her system in the first inning.
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Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Apr. 2026
The episode ends as John walks out among Carolyn’s cries.
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Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
Saoirse walks out of that meeting, threatening to quit.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
12 Feb. 2026
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The Ed Sullivan Theater, the crowd is full, the curtain pulls, people are cheering, and David Letterman walks out.
—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
18 June 2026
The woman stands and walks out.
—
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Video of his arrest shows an armored vehicle parked in the front yard as Abugharbieh walks out the front door with his hands up and a bath towel tied around his waist.
—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
Mitchell Robinson, relegated to a diminished role this season under Brown, walks out of the building.
—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
Bama pitcher Vic Moten apparently got all those walks out of her system in the first inning.
—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Apr. 2026
The episode ends as John walks out among Carolyn’s cries.
—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
Saoirse walks out of that meeting, threatening to quit.
—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
12 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walks out
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Within a couple of hours, Wilkins’ replies to the post were flooded with accusations of favoritism, questioning the use of taxpayer funds to book her and mocking her sincerity about being chosen as a performer following high-profile exits from the event.
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Brady, meanwhile, has made the playoffs just twice with Ottawa — first-round exits each of the past two seasons.
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De la Espriella strikes reassuring tone With only a few hundred thousand votes separating the two candidates, De la Espriella used his victory speech to try to calm his critics.
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Argentina strikes first in the 38th minute, and the massive Argentina faithful goes berserk inside the stadium.
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This risk decreases as the storm moves away.
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Mars moves into Gemini today, pushing to speak and act quickly.
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Kara talks her out of it, and when Ruthye walks away, Kara turns back to Krem and stabs him multiple times with a sword.
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Luca tries to apologize for that unsuccessfully and then just walks away from the pastry station.
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The hotel connects directly to the Marunouchi South Exit; the Shinkansen gates are about a minute away, the Marunouchi subway line is beneath the station and the Narita Express departs from the same complex.
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AerAware departs from traditional head-up displays and instead equips both pilots with a dual wearable system that delivers the same information to each cockpit seat.
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Valdez, whose seat goes from Brooklyn to Queens, accused her opponent inaccurately of getting pro-Israel donations.
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The bus goes more places more frequently than trains, filling a niche like no other.
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The Great American State Fair officially gets underway tonight, and people who can’t attend in person may be wondering how to watch the kickoff celebration from home.
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The depth here gets thin quickly after the top four.
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At a junction where a dirt road peels off the highway near the mining town of Hitsats, in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a young man named Filimon Guesh pushed his way to the front of a crowd of protesters.
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For people managing diabetes or tracking metabolic health, a CGM that peels off in the shower, slides loose during a workout or catches on a doorframe means lost data, gaps in glucose readings and an expensive replacement.
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