Example Sentences

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American forces stowed a shadow-fleet tanker it pursued from Venezuela in a British port earlier this year, but Rowlands said he wasn’t aware of any agreements that would enable a similar arrangement with Gulf states.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

But if both parents work, children have to be stowed in child care until they’re old enough for kindergarten or first grade — let’s say up to age 5 or 6.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Naturally, it was stowed away in a high-limit room.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

A commercial passenger flight operated by Air China was safely diverted to Shanghai on Saturday after a battery stowed in a passenger's carry-on luggage caught fire, the airline said.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

I stayed behind to help the club, but they were so quick and efficient that the net was down and the ball carts stowed before I’d stepped off the bleachers.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia