safekeeping

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• In Tennessee, for example, county administrators send people awaiting trial to the state prison because local jails are too crowded, under that state’s so-called safekeeping law.

• The Perseverance team will spend a bit of time imaging the contents and verifying that a sample is indeed inside, and then the rover will go ahead and stow the sample for safekeeping.

• This was material that was buried for safekeeping, almost like a safety deposit box that was never claimed.

• If the princes were quietly sent abroad for safekeeping, they probably resurfaced later, one at a time, to claim the throne.

• It never occurred to her that I fell into the books—that I put myself inside them for safekeeping.

• Caylee Anthony's skull and other artifacts were carefully gathered up for safekeeping until justice could be found.

• For safekeeping, Cage housed them at his Bel Air pad in museum-like glass cases.

• Juno had left these apples with the Hesperides for safekeeping.

• One leaves a mark with you for safekeeping and pays you a penny the year to guard it.

• His guards were opening the cell door when a second shock was felt and he was thrust into safekeeping with no ceremony.

• Everything was done up carefully and put away for safekeeping, as became a house that is to be long untenanted.