stow away
Example Sentences
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Along with some 80,000 enslaved people being stolen across the ocean each year, yellow fever mosquitoes stowed away on these voyages, laying their eggs in water barrels and feasting on the people aboard.
From Science Magazine
They reached England in the 1870s, after stowing away on ships carrying bananas and ornamental plants.
From Scientific American
She spoke among the empty, cold galleries where some pictures still hung and others were propped against walls, waiting to be stowed away.
From Reuters
Afghan authorities have confirmed that a young footballer fell to his death after trying to stow away on a US military plane leaving Kabul airport.
From BBC
Some even tried to stow away in a U.S.
From Washington Post
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