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

These mariners all described the same, slow unraveling as they wait for some scrap of information on a question that hangs over the global economy: When will the Strait of Hormuz be unlocked?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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

She marched up to our porch and opened the screen door, then unlocked the front door, then swung it wide to allow Deputy Collins to walk in first, the rest of us behind him.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce