locked up
Example Sentences
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The senior executive team at QXO owns about 30% of the company, but the vast majority is locked up for six years.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Around 2018, while living outside of Atlanta, Sklarov started promoting loans to company founders and others who had wealth locked up in stock they didn’t want to sell outright.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
And because no one who is locked up in this country should have to wait for the system to fix itself.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
A real strike on civilization as we know it occurred in Silicon Valley, where a new AI super-brain was locked up because it’s too powerful — and unpredictable.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Everything in Ivy locked up, and her heart felt like a brassy gong in her chest.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
