Example Sentences

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Menendez has pleaded not guilty and said the cash found in the house was personal savings he had squirreled away for emergencies.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2023

Ekoba maintained a secret hiding place underneath the nylon bag stretched between sticks that serves as her tent where she had squirreled away $50 worth of Congolese francs.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2022

For years, he had squirreled away annual funding from the U.S.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 19, 2021

She denied social media rumors that Moise had squirreled away millions in cash in his official residence in the upscale suburb of Petion-Ville.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2021

The other families in our flat scrambled to give the Nazi officer everything they had squirreled away: little bits of jewelry, a pocket watch, a handful of zloty.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz