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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
His owner, Sam Spencer, 31, told Newsweek that the 8-year-old canine has always loved watching TV and will happily sit in front of the screen for around two hours.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
Five out-of-state climate activists face trespassing charges in Phoenix after they were arrested during a sit-in demonstration at a campaign office for former President Donald Trump.
—Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
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Verb
One protest style is the Rocking Chair Rebellion, in which members sit in rocking chairs outside of banks to pressure them to divest from oil and gas.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
His owner, Sam Spencer, 31, told Newsweek that the 8-year-old canine has always loved watching TV and will happily sit in front of the screen for around two hours.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
The latter was the site of the 1960 sit-in that led to the desegregation of lunch counters in the South.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
Five out-of-state climate activists face trespassing charges in Phoenix after they were arrested during a sit-in demonstration at a campaign office for former President Donald Trump.
—Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit in
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No toxic bro is walking out of that theater having his Scrooge moment, vowing to live his life in the past, the present, and the future.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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The conflict and the walk out was captured in Michael Moore's documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, one of the highest grossing U.S. documentaries of all time.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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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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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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America walks away Nobody knows how the major powers and their Machiavellian leaders will react to this abdication of American hegemony.Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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But the biggest red flag of all is the abuse that Sam witnesses while walking by during one of Wolf’s training sessions with Iron Dragon captain Axel.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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The National Union of Healthcare Workers said that nearly 2,400 mental health workers had launched their job action after Kaiser management had turned down proposals that the union said would stanch employee turnover and improve care.Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Effective immediately, all current job actions will cease and all work covered by the Master Contract will resume.Jay Peters, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
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Gibbs said Taco Bell led the industry in the third quarter in value perception among all fast-food consumers, helping its sales even during an industrywide slowdown.Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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When Is the Earliest the 2024 Election Can Be Called? Election Day has previously morphed into election week in 2020 with an influx of mail-in and early ballots due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing major slowdowns in vote counting and reporting election results.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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