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locker

[lok-er] / ˈlɒk ər /
NOUN
compartment
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“Faith had a place in every locker room I was in,” Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton said in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

A high school football coach in Tracy, Calif., was arrested Friday after the discovery of a cellphone that was recording students inside a locker room, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

"After the second round, at about 3am I was sitting with my team in the locker room and we were laughing at how bad I was playing," Zverev said.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

They live in a locker room that sounds the same every week, whether they’re celebrating a Super Bowl win or mourning a Monday night loss in Atlanta.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Next to a locker, across which someone has scribbled:

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

Kamel Chibli, vice president of the Occitanie regional council in southern France, said digital pouches and lockers used to store smartphones cost the regional authorities around 40,000 euros for a high school with 1,500 students.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

To pass the time, he sat near the baggage area used by Trans World and Delta airlines, his back to the lockers about 40 feet away.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

A Dallas Cowboys representative called these “small resting cushions” that fit neatly in the lockers and are never used by animals.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

And he says the lockers they use help to create a better environment than his own experience when he was a pupil, when phones were out at break and lunchtime.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

There are no walls, no windows, no lockers, no doorways.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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