locked up

Example Sentences

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"Unfortunately I locked up the fronts into Turn 3 and I was a passenger," said Alonso.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The senior executive team at QXO owns about 30% of the company, but the vast majority is locked up for six years.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Framed as a humanitarian mission to help ships and starving crews locked up in the Strait against their will, this was also a tactical move to break the Iranian blockade and restore energy flows.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

And because no one who is locked up in this country should have to wait for the system to fix itself.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

And here it was, two days later, and Evan was still all locked up, even though he wasn't in his room.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies