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Recent Examples of shush
After once rising from her seat to scold a man recording the broadcast on his phone to shushing in-studio viewers during an interview with Zohran Mamdani, Whoopi Goldberg just wrote another chapter in her comical relationship with The View's studio audience.
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Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
That shush in the art dealership was loud.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2025
In the clip, the then-6-year-old can be seen walking with his iPad to the next room and shushing everyone.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Justin Thomas found himself in the unique position of trying to amp up the crowd in support of his team, while also trying to shush them so that his opponents could have a fair chance of playing.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
That shush in the art dealership was loud.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2025
In the clip, the then-6-year-old can be seen walking with his iPad to the next room and shushing everyone.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Justin Thomas found himself in the unique position of trying to amp up the crowd in support of his team, while also trying to shush them so that his opponents could have a fair chance of playing.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shush
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Whoever killed Jocelyn Peters may have silenced the gunshot in her apartment, but outside surveillance cameras on the street were recording.—
Marcelena Spencer,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The notion that the town cut a political deal in faraway Tallahassee to honor Trump and silence its own residents has only heightened the furor.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2026
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All was hushed and stonily still, like the moon and its lights and shadows.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Inside, the rooms were intimate, jammed, dim, and hushed.—
Nicole Krauss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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In the investing space, the boss of the world’s biggest investor, Norges Bank Investment Management CEO Nicolai Tagen, told CNBC he was surprised by how muted the market action has been to the war, saying he is concerned by the long term impact of higher oil prices.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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The power bats that were muted against the Dominican Republic put on a show in the WBC finale.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Venezuela, which had held the United States in check all night outside of that Harper swing, retook the lead in the top of the ninth and once again quieted the US’ bats to seal the 3-2 win — Venezuela’s first in six World Baseball Classics.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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Like their ego is being quieted .—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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After the overnight speculative panic from a fortnight ago that shot oil prices across the board to nearly $120 per barrel in the early premarket trading hours of March 9, oil prices quickly settled back down to $100.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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After admittedly chasing stats, which led to some early-season struggles, Simmons settled into the defensive end possession and blossomed into one of the SEC’s most prolific sack masters.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Warner Brothers waits to be subsumed by Netflix or Paramount, cinemas are losing customers to streaming, and franchise entertainment continues to dumb us all down.—
Michael O’Donnell,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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The show turns ten this year, and its design remains resolutely old-school: no video pivot (yet), no attempts to tighten conversations, no instinct to dumb anything down.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Shush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shush. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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