lockdown

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The author, who is based in the United Kingdom, became interested in the subject during the isolation of the Covid-19 lockdown and created a podcast, “Relatively,” in which she engages sibling dyads in conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Officers say young people who were children during lockdown are presenting with serious mental health issues.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

During the shooting, five of the district’s school close to the Islamic Center were placed on lockdown.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

When she returned to New York, she resumed her work in bigger groups until 2020, when the Covid-19 lockdown sent her back to this project.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 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