locked on
Example Sentences
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During the test, the drone took off, locked on to an orange hexacopter drone, captured it and brought it back down intact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
England have locked on to a team and zeroed in on their prize.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
Brad Lander and a handful of other Democrats spoke, too, but every camera, including mine, stayed locked on Mamdani.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
"I loved competing and the idea of the lifestyle, and I just locked on to rugby as my route."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024
Harry, his face still blank, his eyes still locked on Conor’s, stepped up close to him.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
