lockdown
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Put your windows on lockdown: Close blinds, shades or curtains during peak daylight hours — especially on south- and west-facing walls — to block radiant heat from entering.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
Put your windows on lockdown: Close blinds, shades or curtains during peak daylight hours — especially on south- and west-facing walls — to block radiant heat from entering.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
A vast security lockdown is in place, mobilising thousands of police and troops, an operation that extends to neighbouring Switzerland on the other side of the lake.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
The idea of a place being both isolating and illogical made sense to a cohort of people whose formative years were shaped by lockdown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
That’s when the taller one says, “The Bureau is on lockdown tonight. The director wants you available for questioning first thing tomorrow.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
