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Reverse mortgages unlock wealth while overcoming the costs and emotional aspects of selling a house, but they can put a serious dent in bequests as fees and interest add up.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

The immediate risk is a “harvest now, decrypt later” approach by bad actors, who are downloading large sets of encrypted data they can’t crack now—but could unlock once quantum computing algorithms are good enough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The breakthrough has been labelled a "very significant turning point" in science that could unlock a new era for treating disease.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Authorities are trying unlock the mystery of a Downey security guard accused of weapons violations after he twice visited the Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes in advance of this week’s presidential visit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Had he accidentally agreed to help Chip unlock more safes, sort through more records?

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

That doesn’t mean every SpaceX shareholder whose stock unlocks will sell.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

It unlocks banking transactions, insurance and transportation and does away with the complex networks that Iran has previously used to sell crude.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Private marks remain elevated, and Roper Technologies will continue to lean into share repurchases over platform acquisitions; however, management wants to leave enough dry powder for when the market for mergers-and-acquisitions unlocks.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

“We’re just excited for the amount of creativity that it unlocks, and for our audience to discover them in the most organic way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

I stand there, his hands holding me up, as the other officer unlocks the police car.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

It has gained around 19% in the week since the first tranche of shares were unlocked last Thursday and another release is coming next week.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

The jury found no adequate welfare check was carried out when his cell was unlocked.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Another 7% of shares, for example, are set to be unlocked on Aug. 21.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

The 912 million SpaceX shares that unlocked Thursday—holdings worth more than $100 billion—far exceed the previous supply of tradable stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

I waited at the porter’s lodge until a thin man appeared and, producing a set of heavy keys, unlocked a wooden door set into the stone.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

So what is Bucky Brooks doing before sunrise, unlocking the gate outside the Granada Hills High football field?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Our friends over at the Slate podcast Slow Burn are good at taking events that we think are settled history, then unlocking a new understanding of those stories through interviews, archives, and fresh analysis.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

According to Ms. Hazrat, Aristophanes’ dots were “the first nonalphabetical marks devoted to unlocking sentence structure and therefore enabling the performance of text.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Astrophysicists in India now say the latest findings from Aditya-L1, the country's first solar observation mission in space, have provided them some vital clues to unlocking those mysteries.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

This is one reason that the unlocking of the cosmological mysteries requires us to use exotic instruments and frequencies different from the visible light to which our eyes are sensitive.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan