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Recent Examples of shush
Booing begins, and then shushing, and then booing again.
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Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
When the audience would boo clips of Trump, Stewart shushed them.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Jena asked, for which she was shushed), that was spotted and strong enough to kill a man.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
In the background of the video, the 35-year-old could be heard mumbling offscreen before Megan playfully shushed him.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 July 2025
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Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
When the audience would boo clips of Trump, Stewart shushed them.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Jena asked, for which she was shushed), that was spotted and strong enough to kill a man.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
In the background of the video, the 35-year-old could be heard mumbling offscreen before Megan playfully shushed him.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shush
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Field hockey In the Middlesex league, Ava Anderson, Aisling Brennock, Sophia Setouhi and Kaylee Master each scored a goal while Natalia Keuchkarian got the shutout as Watertown silenced Arlington 4-0.—
Kristina Banahan,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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The priest held up his hand to silence the crowd.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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The vibe is hushed and calming.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
13 Oct. 2025
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McIlroy would hush the USA crowd after putts, while Reed would bow to their applause.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have muted this year’s autumn colors, and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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Roynon explains that color can lift good feng shui energy and mute any negative energy that may be lurking around.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Oct. 2025
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The man twirled a weighted knife in his fingers and looked down with cold eyes that quieted the couple.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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After painstaking efforts, Witkoff and Kushner emerged with the framework of an accord that promises, at least for now, to quiet one of the world's most destabilizing conflicts.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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His seventh-inning shot settled in the left-center bleachers and crushed the Brewers, who had finally chased him from the mound by getting two runners on in the top of the inning, only to go scoreless anyway when reliever Alex Vesia escaped the jam.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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To get the $300 in bonus bets, your initial $5 bet has to settle as a win, and your wager must be on a market that has odds of -500 or longer.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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His commentary is equally free of snobbery and of attempts to dumb anything down.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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Even in highly specialized sectors like aerospace and defense, the best stories don’t dumb things down.—
Heather Rosenow,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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“Shush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shush. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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