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Recent Examples of lock out
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026 Talks are likely to begin in April ahead of the current CBA’s expiration in December, when owners are likely to lock out the players. —Evan Drellich, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 While the prospect of a Democrat lockout was always relatively low, California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks penned an open letter on March 3, asking his party's candidates who lack a viable path to victory to drop out before the filing deadline. —Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lock out
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There are no room keys either, because there's no one to lock out. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026 Talks are likely to begin in April ahead of the current CBA’s expiration in December, when owners are likely to lock out the players. —Evan Drellich, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
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Officials nationwide are asking the refinery to allow USW members to return to work, including a group of four state treasurers who sent a letter to BP CEO Meg O’Neill, asking for an end to the lockout. —Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 While the prospect of a Democrat lockout was always relatively low, California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks penned an open letter on March 3, asking his party's candidates who lack a viable path to victory to drop out before the filing deadline. —Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lock out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock out
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After stabbing Smith, the woman walked east on Eastern Parkway to the Sutter Ave.— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Lambert finished with a two-hitter, striking out eight, walking three and hitting one batter.— Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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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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One morning this February, William Neil McCasland walked out of his home in Albuquerque for the last time, leaving his phone and prescription glasses behind.— Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 22 Apr. 2026
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Annie’s mother, Donna (Ann Cusack), originally claimed that Rick walked out on them due to shoddy investments.— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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The San Francisco Giants were out of town and businesses around Oracle Park and Mission Bay reported a slowdown.— Tim Fang, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Its effective shuttering for the duration of the conflict has stoked a global energy crisis and stoked fears of a worldwide slowdown and rampant inflation.— Kate Sullivan, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
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Bella Martinez, a senior at Riverside University High School who helped introduce the other student speakers, said the Day of Action was planned in the wake of anti-ICE walkouts by students across Wisconsin in January.— Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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The union has threatened to stage an 18-day walkout starting May 21 if negotiations with management fail, and claims that such action would cost the company more than 1 trillion won ($676 million) a day.— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Apr. 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
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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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Workers have even more leverage: Employees can circulate internal petitions calling on their CEOs to cut ties with ICE and organize collective actions like sick-outs.— Eric Blanc, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2026
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Boomer also denied that the district’s accusation that employees in the department had organized a sick-out on Oct. 15.— Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Lock out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/lock%20out. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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