as in imprisoned
to put in or as if in prison
if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!
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Thousands more have been imprisoned.—
Shahrnush Parsipur,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Even the Committee to Protect Journalists, an organization that monitors and honors reporters imprisoned by authoritarian government regimes overseas, felt compelled to weigh in on Lemon’s arrest.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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He was jailed in Nevada City, the seat of Nevada County about an hour’s drive from Truckee on the other side of a 7,000-foot mountain pass.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Andrés Velásquez didn't stick around to become one more government critic jailed after Venezuela's 2024 presidential election.—
EGINA GARCIA CANO,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Indeed, many of our interns eventually wind up on our staff – roughly one in five members of our staff interned here at some point.—
GREG BOROWSKI,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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During his studies at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the young chef interned for the restaurant group Caesar's, which is home to several Food Network stars' dining institutions.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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The new Home of the Angels is expected to open late next year and will provide substance abuse and mental health treatment for the formerly incarcerated and gang-involved.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Immersion Fellowship for their work with women incarcerated in county jails.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Auroras are typically confined to high latitudes near Earth's north and south magnetic poles, making sightings in the Southern Hemisphere this far north of Antarctica very rare.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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In 2020, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, which was confined to six streets in Seattle, lasted 23 days.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Locked (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locked%20%28up%29. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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