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In the past six months or so, CVS, Target and other retailers where Holohan shops have been locking up more everyday items like deodorant and laundry detergent as a way to reduce theft.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023

The two neighbours have been locking horns since the M23 rebel group began a major offensive in Congo's eastern borderlands at the end of March.

From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2022

But as India’s number of confirmed new infections keeps hitting record highs, many states and cities have been locking down again.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2020

Documents provided to The Times show state prisons have been locking down cel blocks where inmates exhibit flu-like symptoms.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2020

"I have been locking baby," lisps little Billy, who, in return, gets rocked himself.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 by Various