lockdown

Example Sentences

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Lockdown served as a social stress test for many institutions.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2025

He’s written a 448-page book, “Records of the Plague Year: From The Shanghai Lockdown to the White Paper Revolution,” hoping to fill in the blanks of state censorship.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Lockdown engendered the internet era’s revival of zine and small-press self-publishing, but Cash saw a white space in the splintering literary movements; she imagined readings as localized fandom, not hostage situations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2023

Marczak urged other likely targets to use Lockdown Mode as well.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023

In the end though, the background to the Lockdown Files may tell us more about how Isabel Oakeshott operates than about the media more widely.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023