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Recent Examples of stick up
Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
According to a previous report from Fox 8, Kenney encouraged local lacrosse and hockey players to prop their sticks up on their porches as a visual show of support for the family.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 8 May 2025
Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
That complaint could be leveled at the inciting incident, too, a stickup attempt to snatch Miccelli’s kickbacks that ends with Rory and Cobby on the run.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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Verb
The gearshift lever that had always stuck up between the seats was gone, replaced by buttons to open up the cabin.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
According to a previous report from Fox 8, Kenney encouraged local lacrosse and hockey players to prop their sticks up on their porches as a visual show of support for the family.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
The numbers showed an increase in stickups — if only on paper.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
That complaint could be leveled at the inciting incident, too, a stickup attempt to snatch Miccelli’s kickbacks that ends with Rory and Cobby on the run.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
Verb
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Access to justice too (something often underrated), where you can’t be killed or robbed with impunity, and where you won’t be arbitrarily deprived of your liberty or your freedom of speech by a despotic government.—
Simon Boas
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.—
Bluesky Social,
Bluesky Social,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Patrick Agyemang got the start at striker and was able to provide good holdup play and off-ball movement, but struggled to threaten Costa Rica’s defense with scoring opportunities.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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To help travelers avoid traffic holdups, AAA teamed up with S&P Global Market Intelligence and put together a handy guide laying out the best and worst times to hit the road.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
Verb
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The platform is also notorious for quietly disenfranchising artists, by letting people rip off their original work to feed those Frankensteins.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
18 July 2025
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Much of the discussion about generative AI in TV and film centers on the potential to undermine creativity and jobs, and rip off intellectual property.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Gandhi said that the 911 caller had said that a neighbor had asked them to call after seeing a burglary with at least two armed individuals.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
17 July 2025
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The burglary is the latest in a series of thefts from the homes of high-profile athletes acoross the country this year.—
David Brandt,
Chicago Tribune,
17 July 2025
Verb
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On July 10, air traffic control cleared the Delta Airbus A321, which can hold up to 220 passengers, for takeoff two minutes ahead of schedule at 9:58 a.m., according to live flight tracker site Flight Aware.—
Hadley Hitson,
The Tennessean,
15 July 2025
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Jenner even showed off his surfing moves, getting up on top of a board being held up by multiple friends.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Although the passengers managed to swim or be hauled on ropes to shore, much of the ship’s cargo—which included tea, brandy, nails, iron, and Wright’s paintings—was lost, washed out of the ship’s hold and either plundered by a passing privateer and people living nearby or sunk below the waves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
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The British Museum has many artifacts in its collection which were plundered during imperial and colonial eras, and are contested.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Certainly, the nature of the crimes, a break-in followed by savage murders, contributes to the curiosity factor.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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Authorities were called to the rapper’s house at around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday to investigate a break-in, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to local ABC affiliate WSB-TV.—
Vivian Kwarm,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
Verb
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In fact, the entire original Potlatch Club, once a 1960s and ‘70s hideaway for elites and celebrities — including Greta Garbo, Cliff Robertson and Richard Widmark — had been swallowed up by nature, looted, lashed by hurricane winds and long forgotten.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
9 July 2025
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Stores in downtown Los Angeles were broken into and looted, and some of the downtown area was vandalized with anti-ICE and anti-Trump graffiti.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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