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For now, Delhi residents are treasuring a rare upside of a time marked by fear and worry.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2020

For the sick-bed is coming, and you may be compelled to think there; and if so, you are treasuring up tenfold agony for yourself, by your present off-putting apathy and wilful thoughtlessness.

From Parish Papers by Macleod, Norman

I like to think they are treasuring up such cheerful memories to make their early home attractive to their age.

From The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories by American Sunday School Union

"Annie," said he, one evening, as they sat together in the family parlor, "what do you intend to do with all this store of knowledge you are treasuring up with such eager application?"

From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Afton, Effie

We are treasuring up corruption for the day of death; is this not so?

From Life of Father Hecker by Elliott, Walter