Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowing away
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The high school student was hitchhiking for a ride to her ballet class (rather than waiting for the bus) when Kemper picked her up.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025 -
Without the resources to evacuate, Maddox maneuvered through the storm, sleeping on friends’ couches and swimming, hitchhiking and walking her way out of the city, Haygood wrote.—
Curtis Bunn,
NBC news,
27 Aug. 2025
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In fact, because hijacking passenger planes was common in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) amended their safety regulations in 1972 and started requiring large passenger aircraft exits to be designed so that they can’t be opened during flight.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Aug. 2025
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Scammers can intercept security codes and log in to your account by hijacking your phone number or infecting your device.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Today, Lone Star state legislators are thumbing their noses at the longstanding political norm, followed by every other state, of waiting until the next census before redrawing their congressional districts.—
Mercury News Editorial,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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In the new Regensdorf trial, RIVR ONE robots will be hitching rides in Swiss Post delivery vans, then carrying select Swiss Post parcels and Migros Online grocery deliveries from those vans to clients' doorsteps.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
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But Amazon must be doing something right if even Peacock sees the value of hitching its wagon to the big guy.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Stowing away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowing%20away. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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