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Example Sentences
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Latinos make up about 37% of the electorate in Los Angeles, but polls conducted before the election suggested no single candidate had a lock on their votes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
He apparently thought his popularity could overcome the army’s institutional lock on Pakistan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
However, most politicians, including the chancellor, are also committing to keep paying for the triple lock on the state pension, which guarantees it rises each year by the highest of average wages, inflation or 2.5%.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
“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
Now it was just the way I said yeah that set him off, and that night when he got home, he just put the lock on the phone and didn’t say a word.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
