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Example sentences for: lock

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It was a mere five years ago, I recall, that conservative commentators were crowing about the supposed "lock" that the Republican Party had on the Electoral College, based on its (the party's) strongholds in the South and Mountain West.
And on CNN's Capital Gang , Robert Novak speaks for many when he asks, "Can you explain to me how a president who wants you to go to jail if you don't have a trigger lock is going to say that these [prisoners] should be released, even though they were collecting arms?"
If the gun goes off from the half-cock position, the lock is defective.
Lock and Load, prepare to Rock and Roll."
trabalenguas `tongue jammer' from trabar `to jam or lock'