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Recent Examples of sit in
Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
In 2019, the Texarkana Gazette reported that a man allegedly tried to steal a plane to see a concert in Illinois and was arrested after he was found sitting in the pilot's seat in the cockpit.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
In December, trans rights activists with the Gender Liberation Movement (GLM) including Raquel Willis, Chelsea Manning, and more than a dozen others were arrested during a bathroom sit-in protest across from Johnson’s office decrying the bathroom ban.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 8 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The game starts with the player sitting in the East position, and players will take turns to take and discard tiles in an attempt to create four sets of three tiles and a pair from their tiles.
—Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
In 2019, the Texarkana Gazette reported that a man allegedly tried to steal a plane to see a concert in Illinois and was arrested after he was found sitting in the pilot's seat in the cockpit.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
Google fired 28 employees who staged sit-in protests at the company’s offices in New York and California, some of whom were also arrested during the demonstrations.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
In December, trans rights activists with the Gender Liberation Movement (GLM) including Raquel Willis, Chelsea Manning, and more than a dozen others were arrested during a bathroom sit-in protest across from Johnson’s office decrying the bathroom ban.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit in
Verb
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Dozens of students at a U.S. military middle school in Germany walked out of class in protest of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's dismantling of DEI policies during his visit to the country this week.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Cincinnati has been trying to solve its safety problem since the moment Jessie Bates walked out the door to Atlanta.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
Verb
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The 2025 Topps baseball cards are here; our collectibles team walks us through the new designs and inserts.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron (C) walks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (R) and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) after a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Dec. 7, 2024.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Many Spanish businesses anticipate a slowdown in August and plan accordingly, whereas in the U.S., businesses remain open year-round, making extended closures impractical.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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Both of Joann’s bankruptcy filings seen over the last year arrived amid some slowdowns in discretionary spending — notably with consumers taking a step back from at-home crafts, at least relative to the early COVID-19 pandemic boom.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Sit in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit%20in. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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