padlock
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Garner claimed Toretto, who he had previously described as "missing a few nuts and bolts", had been put in a small shed on the patio, which he secured with a padlock.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
The first and only response to that invitation was to ask him to put a padlock on the door to the storage room full of boxed documents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Not necessarily a designer one, but a handbag with a strong sense of itself — an acid-green baguette bag, a wicker orb with a padlock, a cheetah-print apothecary satchel.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
Slouchy and decorated in padlock hardware, Chloé’s certified it-girl bag is my dream silhouette.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
Instead of a doorknob, it has a large metal hasp with a hefty padlock.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
She padlocks the gate when she returns and buries witchy talismans around the property to ward off intruders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
As well as public safety, the large numbers of padlocks have sparked concerns over accessibility.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024
Sensing my interest in the cluster of irregular towers, he stood up, produced a large key ring and began opening a series of padlocks.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
There’s also a large metal “Love” sign at the visitors’ center, where people attach padlocks engraved with names and messages of love.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
He had put padlocks on both front and back doors, and both were locked.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
Sindorf left in May 2024 but padlocked the unit behind him, preventing Vivos from taking possession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
But residents can no longer view the bright autumn colours of the tree of life, a symbol often painted by Behzad, as the wooden door has been padlocked shut.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
In March, the clinic doors had been padlocked for two weeks when she developed vomiting and diarrhea.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
The theater hit on hard times: The IRS padlocked the doors in the mid-1960s, the school itself shut down in 1969 and lost its campus to bankruptcy in 1970.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
The massive entrance was barred with iron gates, heavily padlocked.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
She’s laid off half the staff and joked about padlocking the door.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2025
And a law that was passed primarily with climate protesters in its sights, who have taken to gluing themselves to roads and padlocking themselves to this, that and the other.
From BBC ● May 9, 2023
“It would be a terrible shame if someone were to buy it and then start padlocking it. They’ve done so much work to it, it’s quite amazing,” Bell & Co.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2022
The once-taciturn 19-year-old turned into a team leader and occasional jokester, once padlocking together the typewriters of three Montreal reporters.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2020
But most of the stores were closed and the owners had pulled the metal gates down over the front windows and doors, padlocking them shut.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
