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Recent Examples of stick up
Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
The remains of the old stamp mill, where ore was crushed to extract gold, stick up on the hillside.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
Today’s stickup artist is after something else: smartphones.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Unfortunately, though, a lot of people in power don’t see it that way, which means the world needs a lot more Carl Reiners right now, voices and leaders who stick up not just for a select few, but for all of us.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
The remains of the old stamp mill, where ore was crushed to extract gold, stick up on the hillside.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
The stickup comes amid a nearly 23% drop in robberies in the Bronx’s 44th Precinct, which saw 135 robberies as of April 27 compared to 175 in the same time period last year, according to NYPD statistics.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
Today’s stickup artist is after something else: smartphones.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
Verb
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To prop up his strawman arguments, Sheridan introduces the Big Apple by showing Stacy’s twentysomething daughter, Paige (Elle Chapman), getting punched in the face and robbed while walking down Fifth Avenue.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
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Masuka said police suggested this means no foul play was involved and that Davis was not robbed.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The switch caused a brief holdup, but the deal was agreed upon on Saturday afternoon.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Feb. 2026
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With holdups at home, investors are exploring buildouts abroad, including in the energy-rich Gulf states.—
Jared Cohen,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Tigers tried to deliver a knockout punch in the third, pushing the lead to 13 but Steele and Harrington ripped off nine straight to cut it to 32-28 late in the third.—
Matt Roy,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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Some names had been ripped off the lobby marquee, but were still billing Medicare from that address.—
William La Jeunesse,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Murders during burglaries are rare.—
Dateline NBC,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
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Bess said the behavior could constitute trespassing or even burglary.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Large multi-strategy platforms, which spread risk across multiple trading styles, have so far held up better than more directional funds.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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The prosecution and 2023 convictions against Becciu and others had been held up by the Vatican and late pope as evidence of his willingness to crack down on financial misconduct in the Holy See.—
NICOLE WINFIELD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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An immigrant delivery man bashed unconscious during a botched four-on-one Manhattan mugging died of his injuries months later, cops said Sunday.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2026
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That was the only way to see countries' delegations backflipping and mean-mugging from places like Cortina and Livigno, sort of alternating with the parade in Milan.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The area has been plundered for centuries.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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Orange County also has financial plundering stories.—
John Moorlach,
Oc Register,
2 Mar. 2026
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The Air Force veteran had left the White House to become administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration when Senate committee staffers privately questioned him on July 13, 1973, during their investigation of the Watergate break-in.—
Douglass K. Daniel,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Thompson kept the Caps in it with a couple of good saves after that, the best being on a partial break-in by Arvidsson, whose backhander could not find its way through the five-hole.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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