squirreled away
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Andrzejewski’s company now has 30 boxes of pennies squirreled away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
"I haven't been on wages for the past two weeks. I'm now dipping into savings, money that I've squirreled away for retirement, with no insight into exactly when this will be over."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
“I have stuff squirreled away for all kinds of stuff,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
Most people can relate to finding half-empty cereal boxes squirreled away in the cupboard or letting produce sit just a bit too long in a refrigerator drawer.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2023
They’d drink whatever Specht might have squirreled away on the ship, eat the last of Nina’s toffees, recount their close calls and every small victory.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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