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Ironically, stiff upper lips seem to have almost vanished as both sexes burst into tears if anything either lovely or lousy happens to them.
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Jilly Cooper, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale brings back the old gang for what’s promised to be one last roundabout of scandals, side eyes, stiff upper lips, sniffling goodbyes and soapy operatics.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
Henman was an old-fashioned grass court expert who bore the pre-Murray pressure of trying to win Wimbledon with a British stiff upper lip.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Did the market's stiff upper lip finally waver on Friday, as a characteristic rush to buy a morning dip failed by the close in the face of air attacks between Israel and Iran?
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 June 2025
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Jilly Cooper, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale brings back the old gang for what’s promised to be one last roundabout of scandals, side eyes, stiff upper lips, sniffling goodbyes and soapy operatics.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
Henman was an old-fashioned grass court expert who bore the pre-Murray pressure of trying to win Wimbledon with a British stiff upper lip.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Did the market's stiff upper lip finally waver on Friday, as a characteristic rush to buy a morning dip failed by the close in the face of air attacks between Israel and Iran?
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 June 2025
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“Stiff upper lip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stiff%20upper%20lip. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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