locked up
Example Sentences
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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
So, funds rolled into a plan with such a provision are not as locked up as one might think.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
“It looked like the sun was inside his cell,” said Akbar “Block” McClennon, 39, a fellow student in the prison’s college program who was locked up on the same gallery as Bori.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Up to 911.5 million SpaceX shares will become available for sale Thursday, but a separate tranche of up to 455.8 million shares will stay locked up due to the stock’s weak performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Sean O’Sullivan had locked up tighter than a nut.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
