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• That’s not to say those three competitors have a lock on a solid lead.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2022
• Democrats will have a lock on the state’s remaining two districts.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2022
• The hotels do not always have a lock on the rentals; many pop up elsewhere online.
  — Washington Post, 6 May 2022
• Clemson will be favored – heavily in most cases – in the rest of its games and might have a lock on one of the four spots already.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
• Old Dominion similarly continued to have a lock on the group of the year award, picking it up for the sixth consecutive year.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
• Republicans used to have a lock on this county, but demographic changes and anti-Trump sentiment put it (and the state) in play.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2020
• These talented chefs have a lock on the cooking: So much of it lands in the sweet spot of intelligent, surprising combinations and abject pleasure.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
• There were only two nay votes, those of members from Iowa and New Hampshire, which currently have a lock on the first two nominating contests in each presidential year.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2022
• Despite his hardware at third base, Urías doesn’t have a lock on the position, with preseason No. 1 prospect Gunnar Henderson also playing there.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2023
• Light hitting shortstop Orlando Arcia, and catcher Omar Narvaez have a lock on their positions.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• That post-election cliff-hanger will determine the balance of power in Washington, as neither party appears to have a lock on a Senate majority right now.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Star Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
• View Photos Today, minivans have a lock on 8 percent of the total vehicle market, hauling kids, plywood, and stuff that families used to carry in station wagons.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
• Flournoy, once thought to have a lock on the role, wasn't unveiled alongside Biden's other national security and foreign policy advisers before Thanksgiving.
  — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 7 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024