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stowing away

verb

present participle of stow away

as in hitchhiking

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Goodman was hitchhiking in the days following the festival when a driver stopped to give him a ride.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
There are dozens of examples of invasive marine species hitchhiking on ships and threatening ecosystems around the globe.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026

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Visible signs of body-hijacking mental illness drive Ingrid to a grisly suicide in the bathroom that her daughter is forced to witness.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
The question is how long the mini-digression can become without hijacking the main sentence (or story).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

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Others rented bicycles to pedal around the 8-mile island loop, pausing to climb the stairs to Arch Rock, shop for fudge, and relax over a drink at Pink Pony before hitching the last tender back to the ship.

— Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026
Like Tubbs, Ferguson was new to the city, having only recently settled there after the better part of a year spent hitching trains with his pregnant girlfriend.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is handing Ukraine the blueprints to a valuable piece of his country’s military technology, thumbing his nose at a Kremlin that says the United Kingdom is now a party in the conflict.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
Hawkins, by contrast, almost seems to be thumbing his nose at the whole concept of existing as a complex, nuanced human being.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026

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