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At Slovakia's Gabcikovo dam, further upstream again, lock operations have slowed down, causing longer waiting times, and captains are being urged to check their vessels' navigability.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

While experts try to lock in a diagnosis, the center reported she’s receiving several prophylactic treatments and they are “cautiously hopeful.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

And if you have been waiting to refinance or lock a mortgage rate, know that the long end of the bond market sets those rates, and the long end is the part under strain.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

With a roughly $5 trillion market value, Nvidia is also racing to lock in greater chip demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Alex fumbles to get the key in the lock.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

This rapid cooling locks in much of the magma's original chemical composition, giving scientists a valuable record of the conditions deep below the seafloor.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

The music video ended with Lisa-Kaindé releasing her locks into the sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

At the Kyiv protests, Starodubtseva, her face framed by a few locks of pink hair, also demanded Syrsky's dismissal, holding him responsible for the death of her husband.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

It locks in carbon and releases oxygen back in to the environment.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

She cradles my face in her hands and locks eyes with me.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

China and the United States are locked in a race for dominance in the fast-moving AI field, fuelling huge global expansion of data centres -- warehouse-like facilities crammed with computer servers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Santa Monica and its residents have been locked in conflict with Waymo for more than a year, after the company began operating two 24-hour charging stations at Euclid Street and Broadway for its self-driving fleet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

But with some of the SG&A estimates, another possible explanation is that Wall Street analysts locked in their revenue and earnings estimates based on management guidance, then reverse-engineered the expense projections so they would fit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Because leased customers are locked into the Apple ecosystem for the duration of their agreement, they could be incentivized to buy AppleCare insurance from the company.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

She checks that the back door is locked, even though Tūtū never locks the back door.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

And it just so happens that major league owners could still be locking out players by the time the Irvine team opens play next May.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

However, she added that making it the default option "risks locking in higher energy consumption" and that the priority should be designing homes that "remain comfortable for as much of the year as possible".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Overall, the estimated value of portfolio companies that haven’t been sold totaled $3.91 trillion as of September 2025, locking up 74% of all North American private-equity assets on balance sheets, according to Preqin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

They arrived at the vet’s door just as the vet was locking up to leave.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers