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as in certainty
one that is certain to succeed
the governor is regarded as a lock for his party's presidential nomination
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Recent Examples of lock
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
The prank involved cast members being locked in a dark room and tricked into thinking a rattlesnake was loose in there with him.
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Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
The goal of the TBT is to get together for two weeks, lock in, and win a million dollars.
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Latif Love
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
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Verb
The only remaining path forward is locking in a third-place spot, and right now, the team has zero standings points and a deeply negative goal difference of -7.
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Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
The prank involved cast members being locked in a dark room and tricked into thinking a rattlesnake was loose in there with him.
—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Noun
The Folsom Police Department responded shortly before noon Sunday, according to daily activity logs, which state an unknown suspect reportedly punched out the passenger door lock and set fire to the vehicle.
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Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
The goal of the TBT is to get together for two weeks, lock in, and win a million dollars.
—
Latif Love
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
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Verb
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Cecelia Kale was climbing a tree in her front yard in Tigerton on June 23 when a bat latched onto her leg, according to her family.
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Proteinaceous cables extend from the cell’s poles toward the equator and latch onto the chromosomes.
Verb
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The series just wrapped shooting in Barcelona and moves on to Amsterdam.
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The singer's last headlining trek was the Sweetener World Tour, which wrapped in 2019 after more than 100 performances worldwide.
Noun
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Silverstone’s long-term contract through 2034 provides additional economic certainty, with the agreement projected to generate more than £1 billion in localised financial value over its lifetime.
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There was no certainty on when the pandemic would end or how the sports world would operate in the months and years afterward.
Verb
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While our eyes were nearly shut watching this next stunt, Cruise insisted his be wide open.
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Just pop a clove inside, shut it, and twist until it’s minced to your liking.
Verb
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Items including coolers, folding chairs, frisbees, balls, metal drink containers and aerosol cans — including spray sunscreen — are prohibited.
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Others, like Castro, sat outside their homes and businesses on folding chairs and patio furniture, as the marchers, fire trucks and floats went by.
Noun
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But the championship series most valuable player indicated that visit is no slam dunk.
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None of them look like slam dunks.
Verb
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The ones that keep bolting on disconnected tools will find themselves with more complexity, more vendor relationships to manage and very little to show for it.
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Much of the structure is supported by a series of massive poles that extend from the ground to the roofline, with long beams bolted to the posts to carry the weight of decks and living spaces.
Verb
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Grief and love and infatuation and resiliency are all twined together to create a story that feels so grounded in reality.
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Up high, fresh laundry quivers in the breeze like bunting, pegged precariously to twine stretched taut between windows.
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“Lock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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