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stowing away

verb

present participle of stow away

as in hitchhiking

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The day before their bodies were discovered, Maggie and Mary last seen hitchhiking in Stock Island, almost 100 miles south of Key Largo, according to the sheriff’s office.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Goodman was hitchhiking in the days following the festival when a driver stopped to give him a ride.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026

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It's been 25 years since al-Qaida terrorists attacked the United States by hijacking four commercial airplanes and crashing them into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon.

— September 9, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
But since they’re still required by the rules to play all 27 outs, the Phillies just keep hijacking these Weird and Wild columns.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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After sunset, when everyone lopes back from the beach, there are a few couples hitching their gear onto motor scooters and a few families carrying babies, bags, and boards, toddlers in tow.

— Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026
Others rented bicycles to pedal around the 8-mile island loop, pausing to climb the stairs to Arch Rock, shop for fudge, and relax over a drink at Pink Pony before hitching the last tender back to the ship.

— Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026

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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is handing Ukraine the blueprints to a valuable piece of his country’s military technology, thumbing his nose at a Kremlin that says the United Kingdom is now a party in the conflict.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
Hawkins, by contrast, almost seems to be thumbing his nose at the whole concept of existing as a complex, nuanced human being.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026

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