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When I was 11, I would lock myself in my room and play the James Bond soundtracks with those lethal John Barry melodies and the larger-than-life voices of Shirley Bassey and Nancy Sinatra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
After Wales' scrum buckled early on, an ineffective attacking play involving Thomas resulted in Springboks hooker Malcolm Marx achieving a turnover penalty with rampaging lock Cobus Wiese almost crossing the Welsh line before knocking on.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Investors who have watched AI stocks boom so far this year are looking to lock in profits, while some worry about the sustainability of AI spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Employees who were given shares over the years in lieu of cash compensation, for example, have one way to lock in the cash value of their deferred compensation: by selling.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
When I stop to lock the door, she waves me off again, and says, “No time! Come on!”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
The Springboks managed this comfortable success without star names like captain Siya Kolisi, Cheslin Kolbe, Ox Nche and Eben Etzebeth, who was one of seven locks missing.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
His wife, drawn to soccer for the first time by Norway’s run and “Erling Haaland’s locks of golden hair,” requested an official Haaland kit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
If you’ve ever noticed those locks on drugstore shelves, you’ve seen their research at work.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
The rhythm section of bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Watts locks in, while Richards and Wood converse with their guitars as only they can.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
But Penelope took her promises seriously, even when they doomed her to a head of dark, drab locks that did nothing to flatter her complexion.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Resonator arrangements that were previously locked into one configuration after fabrication could instead be adjusted for different purposes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Mandel's phone appeared inside a locked box that had been sitting in front of the judges throughout the audition.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Guyana, a small English-speaking country at the northeast corner of South America, is locked in a territorial dispute with neighboring Venezuela over the oil-rich Essequibo region.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The media companies likely to bid on coming U.S. rights also already have tens of billions of dollars locked in for other sports—with potential increases on the horizon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
She retreated even further behind the invisible door and locked it behind her.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Meanwhile, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine has said the U.S. should eliminate seasonal time changes — but not by locking in daylight-saving time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Under normal circumstances, the gravitational interaction between two closely orbiting stars would be expected to synchronize their motion through tidal locking.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
"This project threatens to damage one of East Africa's most fragile coastal ecosystems while locking Kenya into a risky fossil fuel future," Sherelee Odayar, Greenpeace Africa Oil and Gas campaigner, said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
From November 2025 through this May, as bitcoin’s price collapsed more than 30%, people yanked $6 billion out of these ETFs, locking in losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
When I’m locking the door behind me to leave for school, Miss Fulton is coming out of her apartment.
From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
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