padlock
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When we arrive he stops at a weathered wooden fence, uses a saw-toothed key to open a padlock, and swings open the gate before pulling into a nearly empty parking lot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Garner claimed Toretto, who he had previously described as "missing a few nuts and bolts", had been put in a small shed on the patio, which he secured with a padlock.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Not necessarily a designer one, but a handbag with a strong sense of itself — an acid-green baguette bag, a wicker orb with a padlock, a cheetah-print apothecary satchel.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
Slouchy and decorated in padlock hardware, Chloé’s certified it-girl bag is my dream silhouette.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
The padlock on its double doors was huge, more suitable for the gates of heaven or hell, I thought, than a little West Virginia church.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Inspired by a trend in Paris, couples attached metal padlocks and threw the keys into the East River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Sensing my interest in the cluster of irregular towers, he stood up, produced a large key ring and began opening a series of padlocks.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
There’s also a large metal “Love” sign at the visitors’ center, where people attach padlocks engraved with names and messages of love.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
After leaving the padlocks, people have been throwing the keys in the canyon.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Most of them looked as if it had been a long time since they’d been opened, and heavy padlocks hung in front of some of them.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Sindorf left in May 2024 but padlocked the unit behind him, preventing Vivos from taking possession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
But residents can no longer view the bright autumn colours of the tree of life, a symbol often painted by Behzad, as the wooden door has been padlocked shut.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
The court heard it was covered over with grilles but it is not padlocked shut.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
In March, the clinic doors had been padlocked for two weeks when she developed vomiting and diarrhea.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
The main gate was padlocked and topped with barbed wire.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
Instead of abruptly padlocking our door, as most restaurants do, we’d give everyone four months’ notice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
She’s laid off half the staff and joked about padlocking the door.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2025
And a law that was passed primarily with climate protesters in its sights, who have taken to gluing themselves to roads and padlocking themselves to this, that and the other.
From BBC ● May 9, 2023
“It would be a terrible shame if someone were to buy it and then start padlocking it. They’ve done so much work to it, it’s quite amazing,” Bell & Co.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2022
But most of the stores were closed and the owners had pulled the metal gates down over the front windows and doors, padlocking them shut.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
