walkout
Example Sentences
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Even as the school attendance rate plummeted, students organized a walkout.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026
The company’s unions are demanding the company allocate 15% of its operating profits for bonuses and are threatening a general walkout from May 21 to June 7 unless a deal with management is reached.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
At the Royal Berkshire Hospital, for example, the four‑hour A&E target was met in 82% of cases during December's walkout, compared with 73% the previous week.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Such walkouts frequently have a beginning and end date, but Local 99’s strike would be open-ended — which means school would be indefinitely closed by the three-union solidarity walkout.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
For weeks preceding the walkout, citizen volunteers had been offering their services to protect the city in the event the police left their posts.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
