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  • n  the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

  • She added that if the flu comes to Acapulco, she will take her children to her family in Sonora for safekeeping that is, if Sonora itself is flu-free.
  • Fearing more tampering, Federal District Judge Thomas Jackson last week ordered that Packwood's diaries be brought to him for safekeeping.
  • After realizing that Voldemort might be after the stone, Albus Dumbledore had it moved it to Hogwarts for safekeeping.
News & Articles

  • Carmel Valley resident’s travel itch has blossomed into a writing and teaching career
    As a travel writer with more than 60 countries on all seven continents under her belt, Cynthia Dial is used to bringing her notebook and camera along to record her adventures. But for the most special moments, Dial takes a kind of mental snapshot, which she files away for safekeeping in her memory.
    June 11, 2013 - Del Mar Times
  • Gundy, Stoops in suspicious territory
    When Republicans and Democrats agree on something, you know it’s time to grab your wallet for safekeeping. When Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy and Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops find common ground, it’s time to grab a shovel and start digging, because it’s going to get deep.
    June 9, 2013 - Muskogee Phoenix
Quotes

  • Lars Peder Brekk in BBC News
    We are especially proud to see such a large number of countries working quickly to provide samples from their collections for safekeeping in the vault,said Norway's Agriculture Minister Lars Peder Brekk. "It shows that there are situations...
  • Nelson Chamisa in International Herald Tribune
    We have sent teams of lawyers to every police station in Harare but have failed to find where they have him,said Nelson Chamisa, a spokesman for the Movement for Democratic Change. "We are concerned now for his security, his safekeeping,...
  • Nick Rahall in HNN Huntingtonnews.net
    At a time when crude oil is over $120 a barrel, it makes absolutely no sense for the federal government to continue purchasing massive quantities of oil in order to stick it in a hole in the ground for safekeeping,said Rahall. "Suspending...

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