Example Sentences

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The firm has benefited from stowing away profits since the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine and doesn’t rely as heavily on debt to fund its trades as some rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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

A woman found two people stowing away in her trunk after she drove from Mexico to her job in San Diego last week.

From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2023

A second later, Art3mis executed a similar maneuver, stowing her own mech in midair and then flying into the castle right behind Aech.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline