Thesaurus results for WALKOUTS

walkouts

noun

plural of walkout

as in strikes

a work stoppage by a body of workers intended to force an employer to meet their demands after four weeks of the walkout, management gave in

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Recent Examples of walkouts As the strike plays out, eyes are on Newsom, who was governor for the only two state worker walkouts in state history — SEIU Local 1000’s walkout Wednesday and a CAPS-UAW strike in 2023. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Discontented teachers staged similar walkouts elsewhere in Spain this year. — Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 The governor also weighed in on social media in February, responding to an article about students at Fort Worth-area schools participating in walkouts to protest ICE. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026 The group also calls for divesting from campus policing — ending student arrests except in severe cases such as murder — and encourages participation in walkouts and political protests. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Through the years of move-ment sit-ins, walkouts, and marches, Black activists had used military dress, three-piece suits, and their Sunday best to make a case for equal citizenship. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 He, too, faced walkouts and many empty seats in the vast hall that holds delegations from almost two hundred member states. — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026 Huber was there for the astronaut walkouts for the last flights of both Challenger and Columbia, remembering the smiles on the faces of people so excited for their trips into space. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 Many are organizing walkouts, launching climate campaigns, advocating for mental health resources and pushing for change in our community. — Rob Moore, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

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strikes

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Experts said some of the tension – particularly on issues related to diesel, with Trump blaming Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries for soaring prices rather than the Iran war – may dissipate after the US midterms.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
DeShields was 18-of-33 passing for 294 yards and threw scoring strikes of 1, 55 and 19 yards to Harris.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

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