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sit down

noun as in sit-down strike

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Driver and Emmanuel are both reluctant to have Figgis’ camera capture them at work, supplying rather formal sit-down interviews instead, so their presence feels diminished here.

A group of tenants at the building are showing their opposition to the plan with a sit-down protest at a long white plastic table with outdoor chairs occupying some parking spaces.

“That was the last time I saw the twinkle in my friend’s eye,” Schilling, 83, says of the sit-down with Streisand.

The sit-down turned acrimonious, with the Chinese accusing the Americans of "condescension and hypocrisy".

From BBC

The company reportedly said it "deeply values the cultural wealth of Mexico's Indigenous people and recognises the relevance" of criticisms, and requested a sit-down to talk about how to "repair the damage" to Indigenous communities.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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