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Then because the slow exposure times of the wet-plate process required everyone to stand stock-still for a second or so, each of his subjects became a knowing collaborator.
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Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
But the house remains stock-still, like a showroom in a department store.
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Lizz Schumer,
Peoplemag,
29 June 2024
In the new study, three participants laid stock-still in an fMRI scanner for 15 sessions that totaled to 16 hours.
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Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
1 May 2023
Lit up in late evening sunlight, the warm rainbow of fall colors looked even more magical, and as the clouds turned a brilliant shade of tangerine, two dozen other hikers sauntered out of the woods and stood stock-still, taking it all in.
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Emily Pennington,
Outside Online,
1 Feb. 2023
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Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
But the house remains stock-still, like a showroom in a department store.
—
Lizz Schumer,
Peoplemag,
29 June 2024
In the new study, three participants laid stock-still in an fMRI scanner for 15 sessions that totaled to 16 hours.
—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
1 May 2023
Lit up in late evening sunlight, the warm rainbow of fall colors looked even more magical, and as the clouds turned a brilliant shade of tangerine, two dozen other hikers sauntered out of the woods and stood stock-still, taking it all in.
—
Emily Pennington,
Outside Online,
1 Feb. 2023
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“Stock-still.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock-still. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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