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Recent Examples of stick up
Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Ben Stiller stuck up for Adam Scott in a way he's never known.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Frank Moten was always of the mindset that Cadillac Richie did the robbery, but the real Cadillac Richie is a little bit different than our Cadillac Richie; the real Cadillac Richie was more of a stickup kid.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
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Verb
So too are those places where rocky mountains stick up through the ice.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Ben Stiller stuck up for Adam Scott in a way he's never known.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Frank Moten was always of the mindset that Cadillac Richie did the robbery, but the real Cadillac Richie is a little bit different than our Cadillac Richie; the real Cadillac Richie was more of a stickup kid.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
Verb
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They were robbed, they were robbed of lots of things.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Four individuals are at large after posing as police officers and robbing a deli in New York City, officials said.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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However, the holdup on congressional action is a lack of input from the White House, which could also opt to act unilaterally to revise existing outbound investment regulations.—
Owen Tedford,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The only holdup with this trade is the fact that the Cardinals already have a decent bit of pitching in their farm system.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Rays have moved into Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the rival New York Yankees, after Hurricane Milton ripped off the roof of Tropicana Field.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Very few of them have made nothing because the United States was being ripped off by every, almost every country in the world, in the entire world.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The former Washington State University student was also charged with one felony count of burglary.—
Adam Sabes , Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The suspects were tied to three separate burglary sprees in Nassau County.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As for washing, the white will hold up to about 20 cycles before starting to look a little dingy, but the black holds up fine, and both will hold their shape.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
25 Apr. 2025
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As his White Party festivities reigned supreme from 1998 to 2009, the rapper, producer and entrepreneur was held up as an aspirational model of Black success.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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There is something perverse about a civilization that plunders its archives to build statues.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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For decades, the terrorist group has plundered Gaza and sacrificed its people in pursuit of an unending messianic war to eliminate the Jewish state.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Consider the break-in time for leather Leather shoes can take anywhere from one week to one month to break in.—
Hillary Maglin,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2025
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The first two break-ins occurred on March 14 in Elmont, the next three on March 17 in Bethpage and East Meadow and the final two on Tuesday in Levittown and Plainview, police said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In November 2024, the Associated Press reported that prices in Gaza skyrocketed after nearly 100 trucks of food and humanitarian aid were looted by armed men.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Archaeologists noted that many of the tombs had been looted centuries or possibly thousands of years earlier, but a few items survived.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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