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Example Sentences
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One of the most popular images is a photograph of Jeff Bezos observing a Blue Origin mission, wearing a headset with his arms crossed, his gaze locked on the screen in front of him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Once locked on its target, it rams it with minimal human intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 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
But she said he had suffered from night terrors since that day, and that she suspected they were caused by the trauma of being locked on the bus.
From BBC • May 12, 2025
All of this was in the painting’s foreground, but my eyes had instantly locked on what was in the background: a large white house, with its front door and windows all boarded up.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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