locking up
Example Sentences
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"A newcomer comes to town and they're locking up, and everyone laughs, because why are you doing that? Nothing happens here."
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
That predictability allows insurers to be creative in how they invest insurance reserves, locking up money in private credit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
“It is keeping people chained and, in a sense, locking up their potential and their dreams,” said Pacheco, who serves as president and chief executive of TheDream.US, a scholarship program.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
You’re not necessarily locking up all your money in a house, if that’s a concern.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 30, 2025
“Probably off the hook or something,” she said, locking up the front door.
From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson
