variants
or squirrelled (away)
as in stored
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
squirreled the information away for future reference
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One camp might have moldy walls and machinery stored inches from a sleeping area.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Some food was stored on the floor in the freezer, there was no soap at one of the hand sinks and food debris was found on the outside of some of the equipment.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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Thousands of pages of documents stashed in drawers, stuffed in bags, and piled in boxes in a bathtub chronicle every step of their 16-year quest for justice.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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In the early days, operating out of a small cart, Rossini served the cookies in paper cones, which couldn’t be folded up or stashed in a bag.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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When pets are allowed on board, pet containers are treated as carry-on baggage and must remain properly stowed beneath the seat for taxiing, takeoff and landing, the FAA notes.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Rods and lures safely stowed, the paddling anglers head past the swampy banks and cast their lines through the reeds and lily pads.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Shares jumped nearly 9% on the news Friday and traded roughly 2½ times the average daily options volume, with calls outpacing puts by well over 4:1.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
21 July 2025
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Rose picked up well over five strokes on the field on the greens, leading the field in strokes gained putting by a wide margin.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Squirreled (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squirreled%20%28away%29. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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