lock away
Example Sentences
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Together, these ecosystems lock away roughly 100 gigatonnes of carbon.
From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026
Even though growing rice produces methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas, initial results from the trials so far suggest the rice crop is not producing more emissions than it helps lock away.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
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
Unlike this type of land-based carbon storage, ocean and coastal ecosystems can lock away carbon for millennia.
From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2023
In many ways, her memories of her brother have become things to lock away.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
