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lockdown

[lok-doun] / ˈlɒkˌdaʊn /
NOUN
solitary confinement
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He tricked her into thinking she could be arrested for breaking Covid lockdown rules as she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham.

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

Like many, Huw got his first dog - a black Labrador named Clyde - in lockdown, and describes him as a "symbol of home" that also became the symbol of his business.

From BBC

"Obviously, the world came out of lockdowns, but for me it feels like I'm still in a lockdown," she said.

From BBC

It said that lockdown might have been avoided if voluntary steps such as social distancing and isolation had been brought in earlier than 16 March 2020.

From BBC