locked on

Example Sentences

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During the test, the drone took off, locked on to an orange hexacopter drone, captured it and brought it back down intact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

Brad Lander and a handful of other Democrats spoke, too, but every camera, including mine, stayed locked on Mamdani.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

But she said he had suffered from night terrors since that day, and that she suspected they were caused by the trauma of being locked on the bus.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

Several times in that run, they have been locked on for the winners' enclosure, only to veer into the rails in the final quarter.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024

Once he turned the corner, I backed up the driveway, my eyes locked on the place I’d last seen him before he disappeared.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon