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out

[out] / aʊt /


ADVERB
outside, outdoors
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Locals had requested an injunction to block city leaders from spending public money until the recall is sorted out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Xbox told the BBC it had "dozens of people working on ID Tech across multiple locations", and said reports the Texas team had been effectively wiped out were "inaccurate".

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials put out an arrest detainer — a request to hold a person for potential deportation — for Singh, according to the statement from the department.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The ships, which aren’t equipped with missile defense, had to be moved out of Bahrain as hostilities between the U.S. and Iran escalated earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The Spaniards then set out to convert as many Filipinos as possible to Catholicism.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“When you give teams free bases, extra outs, it’s hard to win a game, regardless of the opponent,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

The problem was most of those balls were on the ground, resulting in lots of routine outs instead of balls soaring toward the bleachers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

The Feeneys were in precarious waters as Greenberg stepped up to the plate with two outs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

“He’d set up these scenarios that were like, two outs, bottom of the ninth, World Series, bases loaded; he’d hit a huge fly ball and I’d catch it.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

But Cradle’s chewing outs always seemed to me to be born more of exasperation than meanness.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey outed herself as the inspiration for the show's obsessive stalker, suing Netflix for defamation and negligence for billing it as "a true story".

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

Isaiah Hodgson was outed as a Border Patrol agent last June after he was filmed, unmasked, taking part in the conroversial arrest of Adrian Martinez, a U.S. citizen accused of interfering with immigration enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

That year, Juliet Jeske — an anonymous activist who has since outed herself and become a journalist — contact Salon with dozens of clips she’d gathered from watching the entirety of the show.

From Salon Jan. 16, 2026

But he did give a quote to the Washington Post and basically outed himself as the original source.

From Slate Dec. 23, 2025

I can't even begin to imagine what mysterious circumstances led to your being outed to the universe, but it doesn't sound pleasant, and I know it's not what you wanted.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

Nineteen months later, Kessler — now the Lakers center — found his voice while on a Fourth of July outing at Lake Martin, Ala., and asked Stockard to marry him.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Lisbon, a punky explosion of noise from their debut album, gets a rare outing.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Danielle’s sister suggested a trip to Costa Rica or a paddleboard outing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Although “Supergirl” is the revamped DC Universe’s second feature-length outing, the film plays more like a B-plot short.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

Connor held open the door, as if we’d been planning an outing all along.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate




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