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Howard Walker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
Uncommitted activists also waged a sit-in at the Democratic National Convention after the party refused their demand to have a Palestinian speaker make an address.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2024
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Verb
After sitting in storage for two decades, the chassis was purchased in the 1960s by Baron Johan Otto Raben-Levetzau, the owner of Denmark’s Aalholm Automobili Museum, and shipped back to Europe.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
Five out-of-state climate activists face trespassing charges in Phoenix after they were arrested during a sit-in demonstration at a campaign office for former President Donald Trump.
—Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
Uncommitted activists also waged a sit-in at the Democratic National Convention after the party refused their demand to have a Palestinian speaker make an address.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Sit in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit%20in. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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