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Example Sentences
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Within a few weeks, he called the Los Angeles Fire Department and filed a complaint, and soon after there was a lock on the gate again, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
In season one of “Seinfeld,” Jerry secures his apartment door with what he calls the most impenetrable lock on the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
“China has a lock on rare earth elements and the high-tech magnets made from them, and there is no easy way to break its chokehold.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
A wheelchair user has been unable to independently leave his block of flats for six months after a housing association changed the lock on the door.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
If only Dad would fix the lock on my window.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
