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shticks

noun

variants also schticks or shtiks

plural of shtick

as in acts

a performance regularly presented by an individual or group his shtick as a falling-down drunk isn't funny to people battling alcoholism

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Recent Examples of shticks Why do these shticks elicit such delight? — Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

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acts

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Mehrabian recalled seeing acts like Tale Of Us and Solomun at Lot 613 in their early days.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Government repression increasingly targeted Catholic clergy in communities in Quiché, and Gerardi began to openly protest the violent acts.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026

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