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Recent Examples of stick up
Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
While critics correctly assumed Christopher Nolan didn’t need a boost, a drama about Jewish assimilation and mid-century architecture seems the sort of thing worth sticking up for.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2024
John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
The suspect in the deadly Nashville robbery of a California rapper with ties to Justin Bieber and a group of friends was free on bond for a 2021 murder at the time of the deadly stickup outside a music studio Saturday, according to city police.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 23 Apr. 2024
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Verb
Your shoulders and hips shouldn’t be sagging, and your butt shouldn’t be sticking up in the air.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
While critics correctly assumed Christopher Nolan didn’t need a boost, a drama about Jewish assimilation and mid-century architecture seems the sort of thing worth sticking up for.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
Listen to this article A brazen robber who shot a wall during a Brooklyn store stickup was linked to the violent heist by the chunky diamond earrings adorning his earlobes, federal prosecutors allege.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
The suspect in the deadly Nashville robbery of a California rapper with ties to Justin Bieber and a group of friends was free on bond for a 2021 murder at the time of the deadly stickup outside a music studio Saturday, according to city police.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 23 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
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Ironically the entire sequence only occurred because Demko, uncharacteristically, robbed Cale Makar arriving late and taking the fourth man’s ice, but let the puck spill out of his glove and into the corner where the Avalanche retrieved it.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Some of you are gonna go home tonight and feel like you’ve been robbed.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That the holdup in the case was the statute of limitations fits into a growing pattern within the legal landscape.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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The arrival of Lana itself was delayed by a few hours, for which Punch claimed responsibility without sharing any specific details about what caused the holdup.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
26 Dec. 2024
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Antz was DreamWorks Animation’s first movie, thanks to a switch in the release schedule that had placed it before The Prince of Egypt and — crucially — Pixar’s A Bug’s Life, which DreamWorks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg is alleged to have ripped off.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Kind of rip off the Band-Aid, figure out what that looks like.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
26 Jan. 2025
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He was arrested on charges of burglary, obstruction, assault and battery on a police officer, cruelty and interfering with a police dog, and malicious injury to property, police said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Kansas City Star,
30 Jan. 2025
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All five senators , which allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain migrants charged with theft, burglary, shoplifting or larceny offenses, regardless of their immigration status.—
Andrew Stanton,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Josh and Monica held up a white No. 13 jersey, with head coach Ben Johnson’s arm around Josh’s shoulder.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2025
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Others held up signs bearing the names and faces of hostages who remain held in Hamas' captivity.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Fishing fleets hailing mostly from East Asia and Europe are plundering the southwest Indian Ocean, which spans from Kenya to the South African coast and includes Madagascar's waters.—
Sira Thierij,
NPR,
26 Dec. 2024
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All three were plundered by thieves in ancient and medieval times, so many of the items originally left are no longer there.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Ponton called her mother, Diane Ponton, and a 911 call was made as the break-in was happening, deputies reported.—
Chantz Martin,
Fox News,
23 Jan. 2025
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The four have been linked to a Dec. 9 burglary in Hamilton County, Ohio, authorities say in the filing, a time and place that coincide with a break-in at the home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Protesters also looted and set fire to the Ugandan Embassy and the mission of Belgium, while the office of the U.N. humanitarian agency in Congo was also attacked.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Napolitano said Wednesday that medical stocks had been looted and a bullet had pierced the roof of the operating theatre at the Kyeshero hospital as an operation was underway.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN,
29 Jan. 2025
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