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Recent Examples of stick up
Esther Kang, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
After three year old Lucy Branson got a Polly Pocket doll shoe stuck up her nose, her family was charged about $2,659 for an ER doctor to fish it out with forceps — essentially a long pair of tweezers.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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
Ben Stiller stuck up for Adam Scott in a way he's never known.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
After three year old Lucy Branson got a Polly Pocket doll shoe stuck up her nose, her family was charged about $2,659 for an ER doctor to fish it out with forceps — essentially a long pair of tweezers.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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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According to court documents, Gadson’s brother had previously tried to rob Bradford, who had allegedly sold him a faulty car.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
22 Mar. 2025
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Schwartz decided to rob a local dentist, Dr. Victor Cook.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Bank robbery has become such a risky, low-yield crime that the FBI is recording fewer holdups than ever before.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2025
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One of the holdups has been figuring out how to get the treatments to their destinations inside the body, or delivery, as it’s known in the industry.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The white sportscar is captured on video being towed away from the sight of the accident with the hood ripped off and bent to the side, revealing the guts of the automobile.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Well, we as a country have been ripped off for years and years, decades and decades.—
Sharyl Attkisson,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Also last year, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that drones were believed to have been used in burglaries of beachside homes.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Associated Press reported this week that a second man, Michael Jones, has been convicted for his role in the burglary of the 215-pound gilded commode, which authorities have yet to recover. Jones, 39, was found guilty of burglary in the Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday, according to the AP.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Instead, Booker’s performance was a broader critique of Trump’s agenda, meant to hold up the Senate’s business and draw attention to what Democrats are doing to contest the president.—
Mike Catalini and Stephen Groves,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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If the big pieces of the contract are in agreement between both sides, what is holding up a deal from being finalized?—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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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
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From [nautical] mile 200, the Argentine Navy [ …] under the coordination of the Joint Maritime Command, stands firm, patrolling and watching and ensuring that no foreign ship crosses our exclusive economic zone to plunder what belongs to Argentines.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Kevin Williams, 26, and Byron Wilson, 24, were part of a four-man break-in crew that snatched the jewelry from a store in Hartsdale, N.Y., federal investigators said Tuesday in a press release.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2025
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There was a break-in of a federal official’s home in that area.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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That childhood dream has been shattered, much like the Centre, looted and destroyed.—
Omnia Saed,
ARTnews.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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The station, per a note, was looted sometime between Wednesday and Thursday.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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