lockdown
The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after
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Her score for 'The Earth Dies Screaming' is really impressive. The film is only an hour long (which is unusual for a feature) and I watched it repeatedly during the pandemic lockdown as it spoke to the time. Cherishab…
During the lockdown, I chose the work the night shift. That led me to walking the streets at 2:00 AM documenting the rapidly disappearing neon lights of South Jersey. They're beautiful and soothing and have a life th…
*phew* Glad to have read further before starting a reply... 😅 (Signed: I've actually taught myself the rudiments of stamp seal carving - one of my covid lockdown "superpowers")
Anyway for second lockdown I'll be writing a book getting a dog I guess
FLESH-EATING SCREWWORMS? Come on, Matrix. Like with the COVID lockdown–era "Murder Hornets," you are being too obvious here.
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The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
Fans relished the traditional FA Cup fanfare from the Coldstream Guards and the hymn Abide With Me before throwing themselves wholeheartedly into an experience they have been largely deprived of since the first coronavirus lockdown began…
“Her score for 'The Earth Dies Screaming' is really impressive. The film is only an hour long (which is unusual for a feature) and I watched it repeatedly during the pandemic lockdown as it spoke to the time. Cherishably hammy performances by Dennis Price and Thorley Walters.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“During the lockdown, I chose the work the night shift. That led me to walking the streets at 2:00 AM documenting the rapidly disappearing neon lights of South Jersey. They're beautiful and soothing and have a life that LED lights can never replace.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“*phew* Glad to have read further before starting a reply... 😅 (Signed: I've actually taught myself the rudiments of stamp seal carving - one of my covid lockdown "superpowers")”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Anyway for second lockdown I'll be writing a book getting a dog I guess”
— Bluesky· May 2026“FLESH-EATING SCREWWORMS? Come on, Matrix. Like with the COVID lockdown–era "Murder Hornets," you are being too obvious here.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
“I grew out of my black slacks over the pandemic and when the lockdown lifted and I could do performances again, I had to resort to wearing black jeans”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Another W from the team. Stoked to have a shot at some Prestige salvage when running map events. Intercept and Lockdown were already some of my favorite things to tackle.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“public reaction to gas prices right now is giving pre lockdown covid vibes”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My 2 teens are in lockdown at their high school. Why are our kids a necessary sacrifice to the misbegotten notion of freedom?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Chilton County Sheriff’s Office investigating threat to Isabella High School, students on lockdown”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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