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Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
In 2019, the Texarkana Gazette reported that a man allegedly tried to steal a plane to see a concert in Illinois and was arrested after he was found sitting in the pilot's seat in the cockpit.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Thousands rallied again Saturday night in Tel Aviv, with scuffles as police carried away some protesters who staged a sit-in on a street.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The game starts with the player sitting in the East position, and players will take turns to take and discard tiles in an attempt to create four sets of three tiles and a pair from their tiles.
—Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
In 2019, the Texarkana Gazette reported that a man allegedly tried to steal a plane to see a concert in Illinois and was arrested after he was found sitting in the pilot's seat in the cockpit.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
At Saturday night's rally in Tel Aviv, police carried away some protesters who staged a sit-in on a street.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Thousands rallied again Saturday night in Tel Aviv, with scuffles as police carried away some protesters who staged a sit-in on a street.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit in
Verb
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Then, when Wehmeyer was fifteen, his mother suffered a heart attack, and his father walked out.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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After Hurley walked out, his assistant coaches finished stripping the paint off the locker room walls.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.—
Jamila Stewart,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
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News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
Peoplemag,
22 Mar. 2023
Verb
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The defensive midfielder, 36, last featured for Villarreal during the 2023-24 season and looks to have walked away from football by taking up a career in a whole other sport.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Drake continued his tour tradition of walking through the crowd to get to the stage.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The National Union of Healthcare Workers said that nearly 2,400 mental health workers had launched their job action after Kaiser management had turned down proposals that the union said would stanch employee turnover and improve care.—
Emily Alpert Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Oct. 2024
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Effective immediately, all current job actions will cease and all work covered by the Master Contract will resume.—
Jay Peters,
The Verge,
3 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Apple shares scored their best week since July in an otherwise chaotic period for the tech industry as Wall Street analysts looked past its weak iPhone sales and a slowdown in China.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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Elon Musk's net worth has taken a tumble since the start of the year due to a slight slowdown at one of his key companies.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Sit in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit%20in. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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