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Recent Examples of stick up
Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Watch the ladies of The View stick up for Taylor Swift below.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024
Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 23 Apr. 2024
There was an average of almost one bank stickup every other weekday.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
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Verb
The metal casing that the drillers left behind still sticks up out of the snow, even though the borehole beneath it has collapsed.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Watch the ladies of The View stick up for Taylor Swift below.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024
Noun
The suspect in the deadly Nashville robbery of a California rapper with ties to Justin Bieber and a group of friends was free on bond for a 2021 murder at the time of the deadly stickup outside a music studio Saturday, according to city police.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 23 Apr. 2024
There was an average of almost one bank stickup every other weekday.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
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Your local police department’s parking lot should scare off anyone who intends to rob you.Kim Komando, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
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People are robbing their own homeboys and setting their own homeboys up.Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Clearing those music rights for streaming, as Simon noted last year on Twitter, was a key factor in the holdup — as is often the case when a decades-old show goes out of print.Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024
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The holdup in years past was the lack of rim protection that came with Randle at the five.Fred Katz, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
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This time the call was more traditional, and Henry ripped off a 27-yard gain through the left side of the line.Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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Regulations ensure air and water remain free of toxic pollution, workers receive safety gear and overtime pay, drugs undergo rigorous testing and corporations steer clear of ripping off customers.Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Over the last two years, Rivera had at least eight arrests, mostly for burglary and theft, according to police records.Ray Sanchez, CNN, 24 Nov. 2024
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The names listed are of those who reported a burglary and the dates are when the crime is believed to have taken place.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 24 Nov. 2024
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To explain the difference between Tesla's system and CCS, Sun holds up a chunk of black plastic with round holes in it — the charging inlet of a vehicle on the CCS system.Camila Domonoske, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
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So, how does its Stephen Schwartz score, reinterpreted by Grande and Cynthia Erivo, hold up?Sammi Tapper, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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The study authors believe the orcas are plundering the whale shark’s large and nutrient-rich liver, which makes up a significant amount of the shark’s body weight,but the researchers didn’t observe the orcas consuming the organ.Katie Hunt, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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The artwork was plundered by French troops in 1892, and the pieces’ return to Benin more almost 150 years later caused an outrage among University of Abomey-Calavi students.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024
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The faux leather looks genuine and feels buttery soft, and the shoes had zero break-in period.Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024
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The burglary took place in 2021 and he was convicted for the break-in three months after the Brooklyn hit-and-run.Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 29 Nov. 2024
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As a result, his tomb wasn’t plundered or looted to the same extent as others in the Valley of the Kings.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
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Among her film’s subjects is a grouping of more than two dozen artifacts that were looted by French soldiers from the Kingdom of Dahomey in 1892, only to finally be returned home, in present-day Benin, in 2021, more than a century later.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.
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