pipe up

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Recent Examples of pipe up Everyone is talking and Kamilla is trying to pipe up and even has to raise her hand to get heard. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 May 2025 But moments after the judge accepted the stipulation signed by the lawyers and set the trial for damages only for May 27, Knight piped up on his remote connection, a source tells Rolling Stone. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025 Emilio, the album’s executive producer, pipes up, teasing. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2025 Dua Lipa, the pop star also known as Dula Peep (thanks to Wendy Williams), has piped up with a message of mourning after popular language company Duolingo murdered its adorable owl mascot, Duo, and subsequently asked its users to respect the singer's privacy in the aftermath. EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pipe up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipe up
Verb
  • When speaking out in a recent interview about his interactions with baseball fans all around the world, Yankees superstar Aaron Judge noted just how constant the attention is.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The pop singer and humanitarian Sting has likewise spoken out about this concept in the past when defending his performance in Uzbekistan in 2009.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Turn to face the shore, tread water, and signal for help by shouting or waving your arms.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Bilge Ebiri shouted out Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, one of his favorites out of Venice.
    Morgan Baila, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Why haven't our players and the PGA spoken up to condemn them?
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Clubhouse leaders — according to a team source, specifically Hoerner, Swanson and Ian Happ — made sure to speak up.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Take a look at the new photos below, then sound off in the comments!
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Other late-night hosts and alumni, from Seth Meyers to David Letterman, have sounded off on the Kimmel pull this week.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Sexton, Lee says, elevates the whole environment and Sexton and Ball are really building a rapport and talking up a storm together a lot after practice.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Each has talked up and acted upon the notion that universities’ illiberal and often hypocritical approaches to issues concerning free speech and antisemitism need to change.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In front of reporters, the agent grabbed the crying woman by the arms before shoving her to the wall and then downward.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The latest incident, caught on several cell phones and cameras, shows a woman crying apparently after the arrest of her husband.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Multiple neighbors either called the police or yelled at the attacker to get away from the girl, court documents reveal.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
  • At one point the kid started copying him and was yelling the same things and the family was laughing.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers tracked one of the suspects to a house backyard neighboring the Shiner's home and found Jillian armed with a handgun before an officer shot her.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The goal of the flyovers is to sow fear and division, Danish Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard said Thursday, adding that the country will seek additional ways to neutralize drones, including proposing legislation to allow infrastructure owners to shoot them down.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Pipe up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe%20up. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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