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Griffin added it was sad to see closures for a second summer running, but she stopped short of blaming maintenance issues alone, pointing to boaters who had hit gates or left lock paddles open.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Apparently Beck had changed the code on the lock and didn’t tell Mr. Baker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

At Slovakia's Gabcikovo dam, further upstream again, lock operations have slowed down, causing longer waiting times, and captains are being urged to check their vessels' navigability.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

“If it were up to me, I would just lock myself in a room and not go anywhere. But people are like, ‘Hey, you want to come to Brazil?’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

She paused to lock the door, then marched off down the corridor.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

This rapid cooling locks in much of the magma's original chemical composition, giving scientists a valuable record of the conditions deep below the seafloor.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

The music video ended with Lisa-Kaindé releasing her locks into the sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The weather pattern often brings drought, depleting the lake that feeds the canal’s system of locks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

It locks in carbon and releases oxygen back in to the environment.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Her hair wasn’t lovely black locks, but coils of fire.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

His department threw that work “in the trash,” assembled a new group of nutritionists and, he jokes, locked them in a room for 11 months to produce recommendations actually grounded in science.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

The three-year-old company just locked down a $1 billion funding round that brings its valuation to $13 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Carbon that was previously locked in the soil can then reach the Arctic Ocean through rivers and coastal erosion.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

“This situation happens more often than you might think. Being named as an executor doesn’t mean you’re locked into the role,” it says.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

He jostled the doorknob but it was locked.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

In handing down his sentence, Judge Primm said Colin Gray failed as a parent by not seeking counseling for his son or locking up guns in the house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

And it just so happens that major league owners could still be locking out players by the time the Irvine team opens play next May.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Many investors right now may turn their noses up at the idea of locking in a 3% yield for years or even decades, Elliott points out.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Under normal circumstances, the gravitational interaction between two closely orbiting stars would be expected to synchronize their motion through tidal locking.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

She shook her head, locking eyes with him.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older