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
“If not, then I am no better than the admiral, to keep living creatures locked up in places where they would rather not be.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
