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Example Sentences
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In season one of “Seinfeld,” Jerry secures his apartment door with what he calls the most impenetrable lock on the market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
“China has a lock on rare earth elements and the high-tech magnets made from them, and there is no easy way to break its chokehold.”
From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025
Still, at the 77th Academy Awards ceremony, held Feb. 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, “Million Dollar Baby” was not a lock on the prize — until all at once, it was.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
Given the backlash against the watering down of the triple lock on the Isle of Man, the MPs of the future may view what's happening on the island with some trepidation.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025
And then exhale as he stretches past me to flip the lock on the delivery door.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
