lockdown
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After teaching herself to play during the coronavirus lockdown, she entered her first tournament at Harrow Chess Club in July 2021.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Diller’s company purchased the bulk of its MGM stake in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, when the Las Vegas company’s shares were trading much lower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
In response, South Korea's public tech training for the elderly began in 2020, when businesses and services turned online during the Covid-19 lockdown.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
The biggest jump in recent years happened just after lockdown, beginning in May 2021, one month after all adults became eligible for vaccines nationwide.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
SCORPIUS: I mean, normally, being in lockdown, being in constant detention, it’d break me, but now—what’s the worst they can do?
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
Troops were also deployed to enforce strict Covid‑19 lockdowns in 2020 and during the deadly riots sparked by the jailing of ex‑president Jacob Zuma in 2021.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns devastated the Bagdad Cafe — and Pruett, who turned 80 in the summer of 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
While childhood obesity had been rising steadily long before the pandemic, the rates exploded during the lockdowns.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
For a decade, Mr. Daniels kept tuition in check, promoted free speech and intellectual diversity, and opened the campus to in-person teaching when many other schools resorted to pandemic lockdowns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
You might think that would mean lockdowns don’t scare me as much.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
