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This has forced managers like Blue Owl Capital OWL -0.60%decrease; red down pointing triangle to curb redemptions and lock up investors’ money.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Long-term LNG contracts could be signed that lock in alternatives to U.S. exports.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Don eventually remarried and had three more kids, but he held on to a big box of Cynthia’s clothes and other keepsakes, including a lock of hair and bottle of her perfume.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Bass said those facilities are a vast improvement over the street, providing bathrooms, heating, air conditioning, hot showers, three meals a day and doors that lock.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Colin leans over and, without even touching the diary, inserts the wire and springs the lock.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin