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vault

verb as in jump over; span

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The vault is home to 90% of France's gold reserves, as well as the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci and other national treasures.

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“Nebraska ’82,” the 37-track collection, clears the vaults for fans who have been salivating to hear the fabled “electric” recordings with the E Street Band.

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Daniel Ware, a consumer-protection attorney based in Mississippi, said his first question for the company would be whether it has a secure bank or secure vault to store consumer data.

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When the seed bank first opened, it was seen as a doomsday vault - a back-up store of seeds to safeguard wild plants from extinction.

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Trundling up an ungainly lift to reach a second-story balcony seems like Woody Allen’s hapless bank robber trying to tunnel his way into vaults in “Small Time Crooks.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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