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[stoh] / stoʊ /


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He credits living frugally in all aspects of his life with allowing him to stow away enough savings to retire at age 55.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

An impending heatwave has threatened to stow away — or rather, further preserve — countless tins of anchovies.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

The gift suggestions here all have two things in common: They’re small enough to stow in a stocking, and they give off serious big California energy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024

Flights do not include "trolley bags" to stow in overhead compartments or checked baggage.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2024

Selvam hands us the two or three bundles we are taking with us which we hold on our laps until the carter tells us to stow them on top of the bales.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

She stows a small knitted figurine of legendary England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson, made for her by a friend's grandmother when Aldcroft was a teenager, in her kit bag for every game.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025

A number of guest rooms also have flexible sleeping setups, like a queen bed that stows into the wall, and a bunk bed with a lower queen bed and an upper twin bed.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2022

Tyler Hamilton, 24, started as one of the workers who scans items as they come into the warehouse and stows them on the shelves.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2021

Back in 1939, RKO released the movie “Pacific Liner,” about the chaos that ensues when a cholera-infected man stows away on a cruise ship bound for San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2020

At home, in the evenings, her father stows their shoes in the same cubby, hangs their coats on the same hooks.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

She told the programme staff naturally want to isolate sick patients but were unable to do so due to "completely stowed out" waiting rooms.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Checked luggage is a safer bet, with no liquid limits and most bags stowed in the cold hold, but it’s no guarantee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Lithium batteries must be stowed in carry-on baggage only, the US regulator says.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The yellow fever virus, also indigenous to Africa, must have stowed away too.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Before you ask,” she said as he approached, “I already stowed my rifle under the gunwale.”

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Tahoe straddles California and Nevada, plus several local counties and towns, often with differing guidelines on something as basic as stowing garbage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Resources are also being used to try to prevent migrants stowing away on cross-channel freight.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

By day, they collected healthy spruce tree leaves and fresh mosses and lichens from the ground, stowing their scientific treasure in zip-close bags as they went.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

If a few passengers dawdle while stowing their bag and finding their seat, it can make the difference between a flight being on time or late in the government’s official statistics.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

She turned to watch the sailors stowing provisions into the longboat.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare


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