locked

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China is the largest market Nvidia is currently locked out of, and the one now excluded from every forward estimate Nvidia itself has published.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Previously, many of these children might have been placed in secure children's units, where they are locked inside, but places in these are very limited and can be very expensive.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Liliana’s 15-year-old daughter, Nicole, specializes in the Globe of Death, where she gets in the locked cage with her cousin Judith, also 15; together they maneuver the motorbikes around the globe at opposing-intersecting paths.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The United States and Israel have been locked in a war with Iran since US and Israeli forces launched strikes in late February.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Jonah wondered if that also applied to boys opening locked safes and looking at secret papers.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix