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Recent Examples of shushedTo the point where Reid shushed him down at times.—Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026 Lyonne shushed the staffer, got up and headed to the bathroom, according to Page Six.—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026 Some shushed the crowds, urging them to be silent and reverent.—CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026 Jena asked, for which she was shushed), that was spotted and strong enough to kill a man.—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Now, even as the guns have temporarily quieted, the core conditions that led to the war remain unchanged — leaving negotiators to grapple with the same unresolved question at the heart of the conflict.
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Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
While that quieted the noise for the timebeing back in late February, the process was just beginning for Aubrey ahead of free agency.
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Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2026
The job of a leader — whether a mayor, CEO, coach, or school administrator — is not to make people feel emotionally settled before every difficult decision.
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Jonathan Alpert OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
In their search for a primary challenger to Massie, the president’s allies eventually settled on Gallrein, who had not previously run for political office.
My limbs stilled and grew heavy in the heat, but Alice jiggled her knees up and down, bursting out with short spurts of conversation that weighed against the beauty of our silence.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
Hostilities were temporarily stilled by a ceasefire, but fighting resumed in early December.