lockdown

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Pakistani authorities put central Islamabad on lockdown as the Iranian and American negotiating teams arrived, reflecting security concerns swirling around the high-stakes talks taking place during a fragile cease-fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

U.S. crude prices surged 51% in March for their largest monthly gain since May 2020, when the easing of Covid-19 lockdown measures and steep production cuts by the OPEC+ cartel sparked an 88% rally.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

While all of this was playing out, Burden was isolated, unable to access her support system during lockdown.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

From the London bombings in 2005 to the aftermath of the 2017 Manchester Arena attack and the Covid pandemic lockdown of 2020, Mills was on the airwaves taking listeners through difficult events.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

She was tired, not just from being pregnant and from the lockdown but from the unpleasant phone call she’d just had with corporate about ways to increase efficiency, which really meant ways to save money.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman