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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locked
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Everything is measured by devices latched onto the belly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 June 2026 -
Freuler latched onto it before goalkeeper Abunada collided with him, prompting the referee to point to the penalty spot.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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The visuals of fighters warming up inside the White House and sauntering down the Truman balcony, many wrapped in the American flag, was an unusual spectacle indeed.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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The strike had the narrowest room for error, and Nakamura wrapped it around and through the pesky Dutch backline for the first Japanese goal to send their supporters’ section into a frenzy.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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Another told The Times she was arrested while high on fentanyl and had to detox without medication while chained to a metal bar for hours.—
Gavin J. Quinton,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The footage shows men and women with bags over their heads, chained to the wall in the underground tunnels, looking not that dissimilar from detainees at Abu Ghraib.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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Sequence unraveled, and with it the onward rush, progression, the sense of one event coming after another; my understanding of cause and effect, of the chronological chopping-up of time both personal and historical—before and after, premodern and modern—all blurred, folded, unraveled out of reach.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Companies tallied their emissions, governments folded those tallies into national inventories, and the rest of us took the sum on trust.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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The week, however, was not without controversy for the South Korean team, as the squad barred press from their home country after audio of media criticizing the mandatory military service exemption granted to Son was leaked.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Any actor previously nominated or who won in a lead or supporting category is also barred from submitting in a guest category for the same role.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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Adjacent to it, an informal dining space was conceived as a modern take on a veranda, with a circular table encircled by walls of glass on three sides.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
11 June 2026
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The venue is encircled by a towering curtain of oaks, poplars, and pines, and each note seemed to hang in the air for the rapt audience.—
Hillary Richard,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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When governance is built in instead of bolted on, AI initiatives move faster.—
Art Gilliland,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The divers also found a piece of the three-feet-by-three-feet, green, day-glow placard that had been bolted to the navigational channel marker before being smashed and dislodged by Pino’s boat, Pomares testified.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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These delightfully creamy caramel squares are enveloped in smooth dark chocolate, which provides a perfect juxtaposition to the sweet filling.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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One half of the pitch was enveloped by a Qatari flag, the other was covered by a red rectangle emblazoned with a white cross.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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“Locked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locked. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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