stowaways

plural of stowaway
as in hijackers
someone who hides on a ship, airplane, etc., in order to travel without paying or being seen A stowaway was discovered on the ship.

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Recent Examples of stowaways Most stowaways result in fatalities, with the Federal Aviation Administration estimating more than 76% end in deaths. Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025 Sunday’s incident is the latest in a series of stowaways discovered in recent years, raising concerns over airline security. Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 Cases of stowaways hiding in wheel wells are rare but not unprecedented — and survival is rarer still. Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025 Aviation safety experts note that stowaways who make it through such flights are often unconscious during landing, which puts them at serious risk of falling when the landing gear is deployed. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025 The first two episodes are entirely in the native Hawaiian language, and the arrival of some non-Hawaiian characters — mostly white stowaways and a Black slave — gradually introduces English into the mix. Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Stowaways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowaways. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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