as in to hush
to stop talking
the kids quieted down when they realized I was about to ask them if they wanted ice cream
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That’s where Panthers players continued their week-long celebration — Cats also lead the NHL in celebrating — as Conn Smythe playoffs MVP and pending free agent Sam Bennett took the mic as the crowd hushed.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2025 -
Game 2 is on Sunday. 3h ago / 8:07 PM PDT Share Home crowd has gone silent Andrew Greif Reporting from Oklahoma City Tyrese Haliburton hits a go-ahead jumper with 0.3 of a second left to take a 111-110 lead and the home crowd has hushed in stunned disbelief.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC news,
6 June 2025
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The budget is a complex document — with money streaming in or drying up from sources with different spending rules.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2025
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And so, without the corporate donations typically fueled by Pride partnerships, even that private sector support is drying up.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Trump had been more open to diplomacy near the beginning of Israel’s conflict with Iran, leaving his nuclear deal options open with them, but has since clammed up.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
21 June 2025
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Win your division, and the odds of winning the World Series improve. I’m tempted to clam up right there because earning a wild-card berth can also lead to winning a World Series — see Bruce Bochy with the 2012 Giants and 2023 Rangers.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2025
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Time to put up or shut up ... After lengthy production delays at Amazon's satellite factory, the retail giant is finally churning out Kuiper satellites at scale.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025
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In Ono’s understanding, then, university presidents are to shut up and do as they are told.—
David Niven,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2025
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The compressed air is then piped down to enormous sealed salt caverns thousands of feet below the Earth's surface for long-term storage.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
30 June 2025
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At one point, crowd-surfers pulled pipes down from the ceiling.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2025
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“Quiet (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiet%20%28down%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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