as in hijacker
someone who hides on a ship, airplane, etc., in order to travel without paying or being seen
A stowaway was discovered on the ship.
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2024
Just as authorities fretted about Christmas Covid spikes, so vets are trying to prevent trailers from clanking back home with microscopic stowaways replicating in udder cells.
—Eric Boodman, STAT, 16 July 2024
Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
The chances of war, for months stowed away into the deeper crevices of this city’s psyche, had grown manifold.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
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Noun
In the comedy adventure, 78-year-old grumpy widower Carl (Ed Asner) floats to South America in his house tied to balloons with 8-year-old stowaway Russell (Jordan Nagai).
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2024
Just as authorities fretted about Christmas Covid spikes, so vets are trying to prevent trailers from clanking back home with microscopic stowaways replicating in udder cells.
—Eric Boodman, STAT, 16 July 2024
Verb
By the end of Ridley Scott’s 1979 film, viewers are pushed to the very edge of their seats after witnessing Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley finally make her way off the Nostromo, only to find the alien stowed away on her escape pod!
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
The chances of war, for months stowed away into the deeper crevices of this city’s psyche, had grown manifold.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
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Aquatic organisms can hitchhike in this water, and be introduced when the water is released at a new port.Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
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In this last appearance, Phil flies to Florida and spends a very Dunphy day with his parenting role model, eating pancakes, hitchhiking, and learning family lore.Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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Rather than accommodating Washington, however, Netanyahu thumbed his nose at Obama in the United Nations, Congress, and other venues.Chris Miller, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2015
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Its highest-profile suspects—Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the rebel group that has terrorized northern Uganda and neighboring areas—have thumbed their noses at the court and are evading arrest.David Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2011
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Alan’s unique creative abilities are hijacked by the dark presence, an evil force that resides at the bottom of Cauldron Lake.G Kirilloff, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Turn off notifications so you’re not constantly being hijacked by the dopamine of a like or message.Dominique Fluker, Essence, 18 Oct. 2024
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Long suspected as having hitched his wagon to Elizabeth Warren’s Anti-Crypto Army in exchange for a coveted position in a Democratic administration, Gensler may question his political instincts in the face of a Harris loss.Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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But when the press found out about the impending wedding, Elvis and Priscilla got hitched in Las Vegas instead and saved this residence for their first days as husband and wife.Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
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In short order, four U.S.-flagged aircraft were highjacked.Richard M. Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
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Murray won her second HOH of the season this past week, but Martin’s Deepfake HOH power highjacked her power.Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowaway. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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