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“She looked up at me, nodded, and as her huge, sad eyes locked on to mine, she said in a quiet voice: ‘But, Carlos, my husband is in love with his valet.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
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
We’re locked on the path to the showdown.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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