stow
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Alternatively, Gulf producers could charter ships to stow crude at sea as their tanks on land fill up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
She arranges for Paddington to stow away on a cargo ship to England and tells him to write to her at the Home for Retired Bears.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025
At trailheads, you will find bear-proof brown vaults where you should stow any snacks and scented items you aren’t taking on the hike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024
Flights do not include "trolley bags" to stow in overhead compartments or checked baggage.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2024
The crew were on their feet briskly, to furl the sail, and stow it; then, each in place, they poised the smooth oar blades and sent the white foam scudding by.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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
And he stows the old bat bag in his family’s storage unit, adding to a collection that now feels like a kaleidoscope of discarded baseball relics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2022
Earlier this year, the labor group said it collected about 2,000 signatures from workers at the four Staten Island facilities where Amazon stows products and packages them for shipment to customers.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
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
He stowed four blocks in his checked luggage and slowly worked through them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The boat was also short of lifebelts and buoyancy apparatus was stowed away.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Williams’ audience is convinced Guthrie’s body might be stowed away there.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
But if both parents work, children have to be stowed in child care until they’re old enough for kindergarten or first grade — let’s say up to age 5 or 6.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Anker muttered something under his breath as he picked up the ladder and he stowed it around the corner in the alleyway.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen have been stowing gear and preparing the Lockheed Martin-developed Orion capsule for the descent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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
“As for me, I’ll be carefully stowing away my old, original copies of Dahl’s stories, so that one day my children can enjoy them in their full, nasty, colorful glory.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
Harry, Ron, and Hermione set off to find seats, and were soon stowing their luggage in a compartment halfway along the train.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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