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as in exits
to leave a place often for another
we simply walked out after waiting half an hour for someone to come and serve us
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Recent Examples of walks out
None of that shows up cleanly on a productivity dashboard, and none of it gets rebuilt overnight when a senior person walks out the door.
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Nik Froehlich,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
But when danger walks in courtesy of a very large and formidable alien, Kara walks out and throws hands at the dude.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The Ed Sullivan Theater, the crowd is full, the curtain pulls, people are cheering, and David Letterman walks out.
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
18 June 2026
The woman stands and walks out.
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Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Video of his arrest shows an armored vehicle parked in the front yard as Abugharbieh walks out the front door with his hands up and a bath towel tied around his waist.
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Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
Mitchell Robinson, relegated to a diminished role this season under Brown, walks out of the building.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
Bama pitcher Vic Moten apparently got all those walks out of her system in the first inning.
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Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Apr. 2026
The episode ends as John walks out among Carolyn’s cries.
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Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
Nik Froehlich,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
But when danger walks in courtesy of a very large and formidable alien, Kara walks out and throws hands at the dude.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The Ed Sullivan Theater, the crowd is full, the curtain pulls, people are cheering, and David Letterman walks out.
—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
18 June 2026
The woman stands and walks out.
—
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Video of his arrest shows an armored vehicle parked in the front yard as Abugharbieh walks out the front door with his hands up and a bath towel tied around his waist.
—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
Mitchell Robinson, relegated to a diminished role this season under Brown, walks out of the building.
—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
Bama pitcher Vic Moten apparently got all those walks out of her system in the first inning.
—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Apr. 2026
The episode ends as John walks out among Carolyn’s cries.
—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walks out
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How do friendships survive when one person in the group fundamentally changes—or exits the dynamic entirely?
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Another challenge is living with the driveline — a specialized cable that exits his abdomen.
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Tribunals have been appointed, and Coriolanus’ scornful elitism strikes them as too heavy a price for his military protection.
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Russia routinely strikes Ukrainian civilians, schools, churches, apartments and homes, power grids that light and heat them, ports, railways, airfields, and defense industry.
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Your mind takes you on an adventure as Jupiter moves into Leo today.
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This risk decreases as the storm moves away.
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To learn more about the real-life locations used in the series, Boudreaux walks us through the Lone Star locales used to tell this South Texan story.
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The movie opens with a modern-day museum tour guide, Olivia (voiced by Allison Janney), who walks guests through exhibits celebrating cinema history.
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The sluggish pace recorded in June departs from solid performance for the labor market so far in 2026.
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Commercial air service from Collin County will take off in November when the inaugural Avelo Airlines flight from McKinney National Airport (DTX) departs for Fort Myers, Florida.
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That water supply is not the same water supply that goes toward agriculture, which accounts for a huge portion of the water used in the country, Anisfeld said.
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Sanders identifies a real free-rider problem, even if his solution goes much too far.
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
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Their combative behavior gets under your skin as Mars and Uranus align!
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At a junction where a dirt road peels off the highway near the mining town of Hitsats, in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a young man named Filimon Guesh pushed his way to the front of a crowd of protesters.
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For people managing diabetes or tracking metabolic health, a CGM that peels off in the shower, slides loose during a workout or catches on a doorframe means lost data, gaps in glucose readings and an expensive replacement.
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