lock away
Example Sentences
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Together, these ecosystems lock away roughly 100 gigatonnes of carbon.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
So, some companies are trying to make planting trees more lucrative than beef by monetizing their ability to lock away planet-warming carbon.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
The U.S. government last week announced its first research grants for soaking up carbon dioxide in the ocean, a geoengineering approach that would lock away atmospheric carbon and blunt global warming.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 13, 2023
But these giant mammals may offer today’s economy a new kind of value: an ability to safely lock away climate-warming carbon and to support ecosystems that do so on an even bigger scale.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 24, 2023
The story of his number was one I’d lock away in a room and write on the door of that memory The End.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
