locked up
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Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said Wednesday that 174 people of the 2,500 arrested since last weekend had been locked up, and more than 900 were being prosecuted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Indiana county council candidate Jaime West has the nomination locked up.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
He locked up land and fisheries and barred new roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Read the risk disclosures, projected returns, debt terms, assumptions, fees and conflicts of interest carefully — and pay attention to how long your $350,000 is locked up.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
When he’d asked me did I think God or whatever could see us when we were locked up and I told him that thing about Santa Claus.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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