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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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The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said the jury also found true that Brasser robbed Starzynski.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The point of this is, we were robbed of an NBA player named Harvey Knuckles.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
5 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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Rock Canyon’s renowned student section, which showed out on force on Friday, ripped off three consecutive chants with the Jaguars’ win in the bag.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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One filled with phone booths and newsstands and Gray’s Papaya on practically every grimy street corner — a New York where getting your bicycle ripped off was almost as much a rite of passage as stomping on your first cockroach.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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He has been charged with felony first degree burglary, felony breaking and entering with intent to terrorize, and misdemeanor first degree trespass, police said.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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Investigation leads to arrest During the investigation, police recalled an old burglary case at a downtown hotel where the description matched the one for the current suspect, according to charging documents.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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That testing process evaluated firmness levels, good pressure relief, motion isolation, cooling features, and long-term durability, paying close attention to how each mattress held up over time.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
10 Mar. 2026
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Made of durable polypropylene, this option holds up to all weather and can be hosed off for a quick refresh.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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Orange County also has financial plundering stories.—
John Moorlach,
Oc Register,
2 Mar. 2026
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If there really was a class of unaccountable, libertine global élites plundering the world, then wasn’t Trump obviously a member?—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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 11 Mar. 2026.
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