lock away
Example Sentences
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Mangroves are among the world's most effective natural carbon stores, but new research suggests their ability to lock away carbon could weaken as sea levels continue to rise.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
That would naturally lock away some of the planet's carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 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
