locked in
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Washington and Beijing have also been locked in a tit-for-tat tariffs war, which has been on hold since May 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
China and the United States are locked in a race for dominance in the fast-moving AI field, fuelling huge global expansion of data centres -- warehouse-like facilities crammed with computer servers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Santa Monica and its residents have been locked in conflict with Waymo for more than a year, after the company began operating two 24-hour charging stations at Euclid Street and Broadway for its self-driving fleet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Their central supermassive black holes may then have become locked in a gravitational struggle that launched the lightest black hole toward the edge of the combined galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
His eyes narrowed and his feet locked in place.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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