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the reporter suspected there was a hush-hush reason why the company agreed to the deal
top-echelon diplomats met in a hush-hush conference in a last-ditch effort to head off an international crisis
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Though plot details are very hush-hush, the story will pick up after the bonkers cliffhanger at the end of Iron Flame (no spoilers!).
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Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
There have been back-to-back open Congressional hearings and several classified gatherings in hush-hush, closed-door sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) settings.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
For many young adults, the season of joy was a clandestine opportunity to enjoy their favorite herb in a hush-hush, counterculture way.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
Their current partners are siblings, but Avery decides to keep her history with Logan hush-hush to stay in her potential future mother-in-law's (Kristin Chenoweth) good graces.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
There have been back-to-back open Congressional hearings and several classified gatherings in hush-hush, closed-door sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) settings.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
For many young adults, the season of joy was a clandestine opportunity to enjoy their favorite herb in a hush-hush, counterculture way.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
Their current partners are siblings, but Avery decides to keep her history with Logan hush-hush to stay in her potential future mother-in-law's (Kristin Chenoweth) good graces.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Hush-hush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush-hush. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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