under lock and key
Example Sentences
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The pop star’s PR machine has kept images of her MSG wedding under lock and key.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"I did not realise how I addicted I was until I was in withdrawal and I had to ask friends and family to keep my devices under lock and key," Jenny recalls.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Maybe we’ll find ourselves under lock and key across the street in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
The acting is grounded in realism but the writing refuses to keep the characters under lock and key.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025
His uncle kept all food under lock and key.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
