walkout

Example Sentences

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Writing in The Times, Sir Keir Starmer said the decision last week by the doctors' union to reject the deal offered to them and announce the 15th walkout of the long-running dispute was "reckless".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Murphy did not get the rousing reception from the home fans like Aspinall or Pimblett have in the past as he made a business-like walkout, but he was cheered as he stepped into the octagon.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

This walkout completely shut down schools because it was impossible to keep campuses open without the vast majority of both teaching and non-teaching employees.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Lufthansa human resources chief Michale Niggemann earlier criticised the walkout as "completely incomprehensible," particularly at a time of "geopolitical uncertainty with the war in Iran" that had thrown global air traffic into chaos.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Shortly after the strike began, the US Senate Committee on Education and Labor began to investigate the walkout by holding public hearings.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler