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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Ng, 65, was imprisoned at California Medical Facility in Vacaville as of Monday.—
Alexiah Syrai Olsen,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026 -
Each pellet is essentially a uranium, carbon and oxygen blob imprisoned within an ultraresilient carbon and ceramic shell.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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Alicia Vikander plays Baranov’s wife Ksenia, and Tom Sturridge is a banker and oligarch based on former oil and gas baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was jailed after challenging Putin’s grip on power.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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Torrie Lemon, 24, pleaded guilty to the charge on Thursday, May 14, according to a sentencing order obtained by PEOPLE, which notes that following her 40 days jailed, she would be placed on probation for a period of 1,420 days.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Since 2023, more than 266 students have interned with the department.—
Joy Lepola-Stewart,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2026
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In the summers, from 2022 to 2024, Skylar interned with her dad’s former team as part of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.—
Nasha Smith,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Weinstein, 74, has been incarcerated since his first rape conviction in 2020.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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Now 74, Weinstein has been incarcerated since 2020.—
Chloee Weiner,
NPR,
15 May 2026
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Right now, the technology is confined to a tabletop setup in a University of Arizona laboratory.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
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They were confined to a reservation along the Colorado-New Mexico border.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
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“Locked (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locked%20%28up%29. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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