locked
Example Sentences
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The players were locked in a meeting, with unconfirmed reports that several players, including goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu, expressed their wish to withdraw from the game leading to questions whether the game would go ahead.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Hours later, reporters were still locked out and a state dinner with President Xi of China went ahead without them.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
Yet that was a restrained debate, locked into hypotheticals about how Iran might react if the country’s security was further threatened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The BBC should go "in different ways to reach audiences and we're locked into yesterday's model of how people consume content, and actually the audience is always already living in tomorrow's world", he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Their eyes locked, and Owen suddenly felt a connection as strong as anything he’d ever felt with his parents or with George.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
