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 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 In Netanyahu’s appearance before the General Assembly, he was met with a mix of cheers, boos and mass walkouts, according to the Associated Press. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 25 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 The boxing ring metaphor was largely abandoned once the competition began, even though there were more opportunities to mix baseball’s tradition of walkup music with fight sports’ swaggering walkouts. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026

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strikes

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As recent conflicts have shown, air power is rarely effective without ground troops who can move in and seize territory after strikes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Russians are largely shielded from the deadly horrors of the front lines, but Ukraine has sought to shatter the illusion that the consequences of war are far removed through drone strikes deep inside its territory.

— Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

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