padlock

When we arrive he stops at a weathered wooden fence, uses a saw-toothed key to open a padlock, and swings open the gate before pulling into a nearly empty parking lot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

He said the culvert in question had a debris screen which did not require a padlock.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Not necessarily a designer one, but a handbag with a strong sense of itself — an acid-green baguette bag, a wicker orb with a padlock, a cheetah-print apothecary satchel.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

The 61-year-old accountant, who lives with his wife and daughter, had activated an alarm and put a padlock on the gate the night before.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025

The padlock fell off in his hand and he pulled open the iron door.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Inspired by a trend in Paris, couples attached metal padlocks and threw the keys into the East River.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

Onlookers, mostly locals, were greeted with padlocks and closed shutters.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025

Sensing my interest in the cluster of irregular towers, he stood up, produced a large key ring and began opening a series of padlocks.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

The utility informed authorities the padlocks were cut and the high side breakers turned off.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 4, 2023

It was pretty obvious that Henrietta doesn’t know how to open padlocks on her own.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

All across town, they were behind drawn blinds and locked doors and padlocked gates.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Sindorf left in May 2024 but padlocked the unit behind him, preventing Vivos from taking possession.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

But residents can no longer view the bright autumn colours of the tree of life, a symbol often painted by Behzad, as the wooden door has been padlocked shut.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

The court heard it was covered over with grilles but it is not padlocked shut.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026

Scarlett pulled at them desperately, but the gates were padlocked for the night.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Instead of abruptly padlocking our door, as most restaurants do, we’d give everyone four months’ notice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

She’s laid off half the staff and joked about padlocking the door.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2025

And a law that was passed primarily with climate protesters in its sights, who have taken to gluing themselves to roads and padlocking themselves to this, that and the other.

From BBC ● May 9, 2023

“It would be a terrible shame if someone were to buy it and then start padlocking it. They’ve done so much work to it, it’s quite amazing,” Bell & Co.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2022

But most of the stores were closed and the owners had pulled the metal gates down over the front windows and doors, padlocking them shut.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez