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Recent Examples of stick up
Seth Emerson, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Many people thanked her for taking their side and sticking up for millennials.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Beamer will get on social media to answer critics and stick up for his team.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Many people thanked her for taking their side and sticking up for millennials.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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
Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
Verb
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Will Luka finally realize that his poor conditioning was his beloved Dallas Mavericks’ main reason for foolishly giving him away, and, while the Mavericks were robbed in the deal, all this talk of weight issues was absolutely true?—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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Police allege that shortly after midnight on April 19, Jones and Upshaw approached a Richmond resident on the 500 block of 18th Street in Uptown Oakland, and attempted to rob him for a diamond necklace.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Images shared on social media showed road traffic holdups in Bali as a result of the outage and long lines at the airport check-in counters.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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While the swap of players makes a lot of sense for both teams, the value itself would be the holdup.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Critics sometimes argue that the high rate of return earned by drug companies means that consumers are being ripped off.—
John C. Goodman,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The roof was ripped off of this residence with multiple trees and power lines down in their yard.—
Remington Miller,
Arkansas Online,
20 May 2025
Noun
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In May 2019, he was indicted by a grand jury for burglary of a habitation—a felony.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2025
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Detectives kept insisting the crime fit the pattern of a residential burglary, not a love triangle.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Also question unsolicited phone calls, emails or text messages about a package held up in the post office because of an unpaid fee, said Lee.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
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Reports said the bank was held up by a white man with a beard and tattooed arms who left without taking anything.—
Dale Ellis,
Arkansas Online,
18 May 2025
Verb
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The Bucks likely wouldn’t stop there, perhaps looking to plunder young players such as Ayo Dosunmu and Matas Buzelis to flesh out a restart without Antetokounmpo.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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In 1538, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the medieval statue of Our Lady of Walsingham (a classic Madonna and child) was plundered then lost to time.—
Lamorna Ash,
The Dial,
6 May 2025
Noun
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The label covers pickpocketing, purse snatching and car break-ins.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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The Watergate break-in is in the news and the FBI is still trying to find its footing after the recent death of J. Edgar Hoover.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Hamas has acknowledged executing individuals accused of looting and announced a 5,000-member force to combat armed criminals.—
Juwayriah Wright,
Time,
19 May 2025
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All of the 37 public hospitals in Khartoum have been severely damaged and looted, Saad said.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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