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stow away

verb as in bury

verb as in stockpile

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They stowed away most of their jewelry into a safe just after 2 p.m., according to relatives.

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After a few false starts, he stowed away in 1929 on a ship bound for New Jersey, adopting the name Tom Parker shortly after reaching American soil.

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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.

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The bricks are then encapsulated in film which, in addition to the low moisture of the materials inside, prevent the bricks from rotting and keep the greenhouse gases stowed away.

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And they may have stowed away on Dutch and British East India Company trade routes to get to Europe about 270 years ago, according to scientists’ reconstruction and historical records.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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