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lockout

[lok-aut] / ˈlɒkˌaʊt /




NOUN
work stoppage
Synonyms


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As the Dodgers shifted into what will be an uncertain offseason due to an impending lockout, Andrew Friedman and Brandon Gomes reflected on whether the dynasty has ended.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

With a pending lockout, expiring player contracts and possible retirements, who knows what the future will hold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Judge doesn’t have too many more chances, even if he is able to return to his previous form when the impending lockout ends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Should competing platforms adopt equivalent commitments, the overnight lockout would widen to 10 pm to 7 am and the daily allowance would fall to 60 minutes per app, capped at two hours in total.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

At first I think the itchy pink bumps on my arms and legs must be poison ivy picked up at a lockout.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Sami Pajari finished 46sec behind to complete the podium and make Toyota the first manufacturer since Citroen in 2010 to claim back-to-back podium lockouts in the WRC.

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

Others focus on a category — including Zelle fraud, fake Covid tests and computer lockouts — featuring first-person accounts from victims and information on how listeners can avoid such traps.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

He holds a heavy hammer and has used it to impose three lockouts, taking the drastic step of canceling the 2004-05 season to get a hard salary cap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2023

The Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations Labor Action Tracker logged 424 work stoppages — which includes 417 strikes and seven lockouts — involving approximately 224,000 workers in 2022.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

In the month of May alone, unions across the nation battled with employers in 413 strikes and lockouts.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield


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