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"They say education is the key, but honestly speaking we never find the padlock open," Daniel told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

Giving evidence to the inquest on Friday, Jonathan McKee explained that it is not known for sure if there was a padlock on the hatch in the months before Noah's death.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

The first and only response to that invitation was to ask him to put a padlock on the door to the storage room full of boxed documents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

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

Kingshaw leaped up and ran forward, but as he put his hand out to the door, he heard the click of the padlock.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

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

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

There’s also a large metal “Love” sign at the visitors’ center, where people attach padlocks engraved with names and messages of love.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

When they arrived 30 minutes later, they were unable to close the flood gate as the force of water was too strong to stand up in and padlocks were submerged.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023

Most of them looked as if it had been a long time since they’d been opened, and heavy padlocks hung in front of some of them.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

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

In March, the clinic doors had been padlocked for two weeks when she developed vomiting and diarrhea.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025

Every crate must be padlocked, every transport manifest kept in a secure place.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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