unlocked

Example Sentences

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One step: make gun-owning parents think twice before leaving their weapons unlocked.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

She unlocked the doors, crawled from the wreckage and rolled herself away from the vehicle.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

A further 100 billion cubic metres would be unlocked through the elimination of non-emergency flaring worldwide, it added.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

“By successfully restructuring an onerous 100% silver royalty that had hamstrung the project for 20 years, Polymetals has unlocked the economic value of its high-grade silver ore,” analyst Peter Kormendy says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

After thirty-six hours alone, the door to Dasch's cell was unlocked and he was taken to a room to speak to two FBI agents.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple