lock away
Example Sentences
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Instead of fully decomposing, plant material builds up layer upon layer over thousands of years, forming deep deposits of peat that lock away carbon for the long term.
From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026
The UK's saltmarshes are vital "sinks" that lock away climate-warming greenhouse gases in layers of mud, according to a new report from WWF.
From BBC • May 30, 2025
The U.S. government last week announced its first research grants for soaking up carbon dioxide in the ocean, a geoengineering approach that would lock away atmospheric carbon and blunt global warming.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 13, 2023
Unlike this type of land-based carbon storage, ocean and coastal ecosystems can lock away carbon for millennia.
From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2023
The story of his number was one I’d lock away in a room and write on the door of that memory The End.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
