sellout
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Hugh Johnston, chief financial officer for Disney, announced the sellout on the company’s earnings call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
While not a "fair comparison" due to the compressed schedule compared to the World Cup, Swift coming to town was "a city-wide sellout type of event", Jenkins said.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
However despite claims that the tournament is a sellout, seats for many games -- including the United States' opener against Paraguay in Los Angeles on June 12 -- remain available on secondary ticket market sites.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
The viral fried chicken at Yankee Stadium is a sellout.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
An announcer’s voice then came over the public address system, asking the sellout crowd of eleven thousand to rise for the prayer, which everyone eagerly did.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Concertgoers have long complained about the online ticket buying process, which can be plagued by long wait times and fast sellouts for popular shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The hosts get generational wealth and perhaps retain enough editorial freedom to look in the mirror and tell themselves they aren’t sellouts.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026
Tickets for India-Pakistan games still fly off the shelves - the ICC reported sellouts within minutes.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025
The Fever are already one of the WNBA’s hottest tickets — as was the case during her college career at Iowa when sellouts became the norm and television ratings hit record highs.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
“Then what? We just like all the other sellouts who leave and turn their backs on the neighborhood. We can change stuff around here, but instead we run? That’s what you wanna teach our kids?”
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
