lock up
Example Sentences
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“I am very scared about what will happen to me if I cannot get the medical care that I need while I am locked up at California City,” Roque Campos said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
Demand has surged as governments and companies race to lock up supply chains for the energy transition, heightening interest in Bolivia, which holds among the world’s largest untapped deposits.
Kast's victory message is that migrants will be welcome if they comply with the law, criminals will be locked up and order will return to the streets.
From BBC
“It is keeping people chained and, in a sense, locking up their potential and their dreams,” said Pacheco, who serves as president and chief executive of TheDream.US, a scholarship program.
From Los Angeles Times
"You're locked up in a cell all the time, just sitting there, just thinking," he says.
From BBC
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