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Definition of sit in

as in to walk out

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That reframing gives permission to the much larger audience that was never going to sit in 33-degree water for six minutes. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026 Gunn stopped three shots for the Earthquakes (13-8-9), who sit in fourth place in the Western Conference with four matches remaining. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

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Its two-hour runtime is somewhat excessive but perhaps prudent to capture the sit-in’s grueling length. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 There’s a moment in the third act of the film when Judy is unable to physically be at the San Francisco sit-in. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sit in

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When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walked out of the Federal Police headquarters in Curitiba, Brazil, on November 8, 2019, hundreds of supporters were waiting for him.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass walked out of Palisades Garden Cafe last Thursday morning wearing a Los Angeles Fire Department jacket.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 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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Prosecutor Louise Gray said Ali instructed a group of men to drive three vans to RAF Fairford, park the vehicles and walk away.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
Bird-watching, walking, and cycling are other ways to experience the area's natural surroundings.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of walk

Noun

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

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