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lockout

[lok-out] / ˈlɒkˌaʊt /




NOUN
work stoppage
Synonyms


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The Dodgers had opened Pandora’s box, and out would fly a lockout, a pall of smoke over their games, and a plague of locusts.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Everyone outside Los Angeles blames them — nothing personal, mind you, but as a symbol of the gaping financial disparity in baseball and a trigger for the almost certain lockout to follow the World Series.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

That debacle is the reason why the NFL’s preparation for a potential lockout is now months ahead of where it was 14 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

But 14 years later, the league is barreling toward another potential lockout with its game officials.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Once the lockout was engaged, you couldn’t disable it for two months.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Major leaguers and fans have weathered five player strikes and four owner lockouts since 1972.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

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

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 Washington Times Aug. 28, 2023

The PMA and the ILWU, which represents about 22,000 dockworkers on the West Coast, had pledged not to comment in the media and to continue working without issues such as slowdowns or lockouts.

From Seattle Times Mar. 21, 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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