locked up
Example Sentences
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When you’re 65, 10 years is a long time to have the bulk of your nest egg locked up.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Steel grilled Hester about breaking the rules to communicate with Grant, the other cooperating witness, while the two were locked up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The policies began gaining traction a little over a decade ago when wealth advisers realized they could manage—and charge fees on—the assets, which are essentially locked up for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
When you get locked up, your digital presence is the total sum of your activity on social media, and its footprints continue stepping without you.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Hosie Roach worked late, too, naturally, but went home to Lightfoot about nine o’clock, a good hour before Grandpa locked up to go home to Miss Love.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
