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MarketWatch Picks: ‘A chance to lock in a competitive rate.’
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Ted Costas felt weird putting a lock and chain on a neighbor’s gate, but he didn’t have a lot of other options.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Within a few weeks, he called the Los Angeles Fire Department and filed a complaint, and soon after there was a lock on the gate again, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Fervo-Google deal shows how tech companies are trying to lock down electricity supplies even as they work out the details of projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
I walk my bike to the stand and lock it, then follow them inside.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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But now farmers who want to switch to solar are finding the strict rules are like expensive locks on their property, with high fees to get out of the agreements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
“It locks in the price that we pay for many of the key components of our business, like storage, as well as compute,” Ramaswamy said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
One change is an automatic nighttime block that locks teenagers out of Facebook and Instagram between midnight and 6:00 am local time.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Showing her aching vulnerability, it's about a bank clerk with flaming locks of auburn hair who flirted with her husband.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Out in the hall, I watch closely as Mr. Brademas locks the art room door.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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The two sisters were already locked in a fight over the value of some company holdings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Bean impressively captures Wanda’s determined grind, but it’s Asante Blackk’s delicate combination of anxiety and ambition as her cousin Lamar, a musical prodigy, that locked me in to the first episode.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
"The plant isn't running out of evolutionary fuel -- it's increasingly locked into a trajectory that favors pollinator attraction, potentially at the expense of climate adaptation," Baucom said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
He added that California law requires people carrying handguns into and out of the store to keep them in a locked container and for handguns and long guns to be unloaded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
I started to whisper a comment about the big dresses and all the puffy wigs, but his attention was already locked on the picture.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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In 2023, workers accused the company of disrupting union activities, including implying workers could be dismissed for participating in a union protest and locking emergency exits on the day workers planned to picket outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
You’re locking in today’s rate against 30 years of things nobody can see coming.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
He added: "Some of those habitats are really important at drawing down and locking away carbon."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Management’s strategy of locking in sale contracts early while vessels are still under construction also reduces execution risk relative to spot-market resale, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Only by locking her foot around a leg of the bench did Shirley manage to stay perched.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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