lock up
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, China is locking up the silver used to manufacture the solar panels which generate that power.
From MarketWatch
She became the only prisoner locked up in Dhaka's old - and now disused - central jail.
From BBC
That predictability allows insurers to be creative in how they invest insurance reserves, locking up money in private credit.
Paramount ultimately agreed to extend the overall deal for Park County as well as lock up the show’s exclusive global streaming rights for $300 million a year over five years.
From Los Angeles Times
In an interview from the Immigrant Defenders Law Center in downtown L.A., he said it felt great “to get back to my routine, going to school, not being locked up, being free, laughing, learning more.”
From Los Angeles Times
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