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Hall & Oates are in the midst of a hush-hush legal battle that has led Daryl Hall to obtain a restraining order against his former music partner John Oates.
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Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Three months after holding a hush-hush wedding ceremony in Hawaii on the 25th anniversary of the music legend's death, the actor filed for divorce from his idol's offspring.
—Maria Yagoda, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
Unlike a traditional speakeasy, the party wasn’t hush-hush.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
The hush-hush complex was created in 1961 by the Kennedy administration after the Bay of Pigs invasion.
—CBS News, 8 Sep. 2023
So is a hush-hush intelligence operation that takes care of global problems on the down low (and features a nifty cameo from a notable Oscar nominee).
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
But in a library, where the norm has always been hush-hush?
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
Simply create a free Gilt account by signing up with your email address and immediately gain access to this hush-hush Birkenstock sale.
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
The plan was so hush-hush that Seaspray, who was working with Save Our Allies — a U.S.-based group that rescues people in war zones — refused to provide details to Fox News executives scrambling to get Hall out of the country.
—Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
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Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Three months after holding a hush-hush wedding ceremony in Hawaii on the 25th anniversary of the music legend's death, the actor filed for divorce from his idol's offspring.
—Maria Yagoda, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
Unlike a traditional speakeasy, the party wasn’t hush-hush.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
The hush-hush complex was created in 1961 by the Kennedy administration after the Bay of Pigs invasion.
—CBS News, 8 Sep. 2023
So is a hush-hush intelligence operation that takes care of global problems on the down low (and features a nifty cameo from a notable Oscar nominee).
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
But in a library, where the norm has always been hush-hush?
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
Simply create a free Gilt account by signing up with your email address and immediately gain access to this hush-hush Birkenstock sale.
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
The plan was so hush-hush that Seaspray, who was working with Save Our Allies — a U.S.-based group that rescues people in war zones — refused to provide details to Fox News executives scrambling to get Hall out of the country.
—Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
1916, in the meaning defined above
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