Example Sentences

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A 400-mile blanket of fog has socked in California’s Central Valley for weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025

Say half of the 97 million barrels of oil that Rystad Energy estimates China has socked away so far this year had shown up in storage facilities at Cushing, Okla., instead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

While it's not clear how much Mr. Jordan has socked away over the years, about a dozen of his fellow NBA owners, including Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and Russian metals magnate Mikhail Prokhorov, are billionaires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2010

What she has socked away is very impressive.

From Newsweek • Dec. 29, 2009

Once a fisherman has felt the steelhead's gentle tap, has socked him and missed, he will never give up.

From Time Magazine Archive