Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowing away
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Lint rollers are also an excellent tool at at removing hitchhiking bed bugs from your person or belongings, adds Wilson.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
16 Feb. 2026 -
Black had contact with many people in town while hitchhiking back and forth.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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For example, a standout sequence in which Mabel’s attempts to communicate with Jerry via text-to-speech on her phone are derailed by George and the other animals hijacking it while discovering emojis is a riot, and only works because each of the characters is immediately understandable.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2026
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In a sneak peek of the final episode shared with Variety, Nelson finally gets a proof-of-life from his ex-wife Marsha (Christine Adams), who is being hunted in the woods by accomplices of the same shadowy figures that have railroaded Nelson into hijacking the train.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
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Unlike the city of Poway, which favors hitching posts over parking meters, San Diego has elected to ignore all rational analyses of parking fee options, in favor of looking at parking as a cash cow.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Several Vanderpump Rules alumni aren't hitching their wagons to The Valley.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
15 Nov. 2025
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Val Kilmer’s performance as this trickster poet forever thumbing his nose at reality embodies the movie’s tensions.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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For months, this young, rambunctious, and altogether infectious bunch played with house money, thumbing their collective noses at the idea of another year of rebuild futility.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Stowing away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowing%20away. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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