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Recent Examples of sit in
Travis Bean, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Between 80 and 100 guests sat in our styling seats and Beauty Barrage helped perform hair consultations for more than 130 guests.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Helen Regan, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
This historic downtown restaurant honors the original 1960s lunch counter where nine Black college students were arrested during a sit-in, becoming the first protestors to serve jail time during the Civil Rights Movement.
—Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Currently, the only other big movie moving up the charts is Our Little Secret, which currently owns 136 points and sits in 17th place amongst non-animated movies.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Between 80 and 100 guests sat in our styling seats and Beauty Barrage helped perform hair consultations for more than 130 guests.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
Led by Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi and Ali Amin Gandapur, chief minister in northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province – where Khan’s party remains in power – the protesters planned to hold a sit-in at D-Chowk, a large square near the country’s parliament.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
This historic downtown restaurant honors the original 1960s lunch counter where nine Black college students were arrested during a sit-in, becoming the first protestors to serve jail time during the Civil Rights Movement.
—Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit in
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The suspect then allegedly walked out of the train car and sat on a bench on the platform, watching, as police walked by, looking for the source of a smoke smell.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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As the last of the peppermint bark cannoli were devoured and the party wound down, my wife and I walked out to see Michigan Central Station and its surrounding Roosevelt Park all lit up in white.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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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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Found near a mailbox, Jack quickly learned to walk on a leash and even perform tricks like rolling over.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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But a pair of tourists, Sean Dixon and Sarah Jardine from California, were there as well and walked the aisles and observed the scaffolding which obstructed the view a bit.Landon Mion, Fox News, 25 Dec. 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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What To Know According to The Weather Channel, while temperatures will be mild and warming for most of the country leading up to the holidays, much of the West Coast will see several days of rain or snow leading to a slowdown in travel.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Against this backdrop, Wall Street sees some retailers focused on discretionary purchases, including sellers of home goods, as especially vulnerable to higher cost Chinese imports and a slowdown in consumer spending.Pia Singh, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Sit in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit%20in. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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