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lock

[lok] / lɒk /




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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

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

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

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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