as in stored
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
be sure to lay in enough food for the long Alaska winter
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One camp might have moldy walls and machinery stored inches from a sleeping area.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Some food was stored on the floor in the freezer, there was no soap at one of the hand sinks and food debris was found on the outside of some of the equipment.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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Thousands of pages of documents stashed in drawers, stuffed in bags, and piled in boxes in a bathtub chronicle every step of their 16-year quest for justice.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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In the early days, operating out of a small cart, Rossini served the cookies in paper cones, which couldn’t be folded up or stashed in a bag.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Gallatin, Tennessee — More than 250,000 animals are hoarded in residences across the United States each year, according to the Animal Humane Society, and they are often left to suffer in horrific conditions.—
Meg Dunn,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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All around him, there is misery and hoarded wealth, work and little love.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Laid in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid%20in. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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