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Recent Examples of stick up
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The cousin of a Staten Island driver accused of killing his friend in a high-speed drag racing crash in New Jersey stuck up for his relative Thursday, saying that the young BMW driver wasn’t racing or trying to flee the country.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2025
Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
The numbers showed an increase in stickups — if only on paper.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The video shows Kobe, a golden retriever, standing on a landing with his eyes barely open, fur sticking up in all directions, and one ear crinkled—likely from lying on it.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The cousin of a Staten Island driver accused of killing his friend in a high-speed drag racing crash in New Jersey stuck up for his relative Thursday, saying that the young BMW driver wasn’t racing or trying to flee the country.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
Today’s stickup artist is after something else: smartphones.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
The numbers showed an increase in stickups — if only on paper.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
Verb
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Based on a true story, Roofman follows the adventures of an Army veteran and struggling father who turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname Roofman.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
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Their online childhoods also robbed them of life skills best learned by leaving the house.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the holdup is the fact that, according to NBA insider Jake Fischer, Golden State does not want Malik Monk in return.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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With training camp underway and the regular season opener coming up in less than a month, Kaprizov’s words Thursday might provide fans with hope that holdup is about economics and not environment.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Yet the techno-optimism sweeping the production community is accompanied by a gnawing anxiety about the way established IP is at risk of being ripped off and remixed.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Your coffee spilled on you, or the tin of your yogurt foil ripped off badly, and this film exists in both those sorts of places.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The 30-year-old pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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On July 2, Kohberger formally entered guilty pleas to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Multiverse’s argument that compressed models significantly cut energy use might also not hold up over time, because cheaper, more accessible AI models will likely attract billions more users.—
Vivienne Walt,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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The top-loading tray holds up to 60 sheets of paper, and 3 months of ink are included with your purchase.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Staged to look like a random mugging of a courier, the robbery was, in fact, a sophisticated heist that would ultimately involve the Provisional IRA, the New York mafia and the Colombian cartel.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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The mugging of his early selfies has vanished.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The servants of this democratic republic’s machinery are, in truth, nothing but members of a mafia set up to plunder the island’s riches—and the West is complicit, with its own interests in the riches underground, in the ocean, from the soil.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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The 18 runs plundered off one over was the most Jasprit Bumrah had ever conceded in Tests, leaving the bowler perplexed as he was replaced.—
Sam Dalling,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cloud-like insoles, impressive support, and no break-in period.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Two men -- Donald Robinson, 28, and Jadon Brown, 19 -- were arrested after being identified within 24 hours of the break-in, according to the sheriff’s office.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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