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• Kelsey tracks down Sam and warns him to keep quiet about his doubts about the group.
  — Nick Schager, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2021
• After the bribe was paid, Maani asked Presta to keep quiet about the money, the plea stated.
  — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2021
• Cuomo asked her if Pence was also asked to keep quiet about the risks to children if schools were opened too soon.
  — Shelby Lin Erdman, CNN, 29 Sep. 2020
• But cinema operators were more or less forced to keep quiet about the robust turnout.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Nov. 2022
• So keep quiet about these wonderful features, or everyone is going to want to move here.
  — David Guzman, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2021
• That’s like being asked to keep quiet about particular peas in a Russian salad.
  — The New Yorker, 6 May 2022
• In her testimony, Megan Thee Stallion said Lanez offered her $1 million to keep quiet about the shooting.
  — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2022
• Following the assault, Green said she was told to keep quiet about the incident by her superiors in the Air Force, as detailed in the Politico report.
  — Kyle Morris, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2022
• More:Celebrities often deny, keep quiet about their plastic surgery.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022
• But there are other conservatives, who tend to keep quiet about their politics.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Oct. 2022
• Nearly every receiver holds that opinion of himself, but most keep quiet about it publicly.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2021
• If departments keep quiet about an officer’s misconduct after a settlement, Lawrence said, the problem is with the leaders of those agencies, not the union.
  — James Barragán, Dallas News, 14 May 2021
• Members of its extended economics team, for instance, were ordered to keep quiet about their campaign work.
  — Michelle Cottle, Star Tribune, 28 July 2020
• Sutton told his family to keep quiet about what had happened — saying no good could come from it — but word began spreading the next day as newspapers and wire services picked up the story.
  — Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2021
• Academy voters can't keep quiet about their admiration for All Quiet on the Western Front.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
• The mother said school officials pressured her daughter to keep quiet about her allegations of assault.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
• For singer-songwriter Jennifer Hall, the pandemic brought focus to mental health and her ability to share, via her artistry, what she was told to keep quiet about as a child: The effects of her mother’s severe mental illness.
  — chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022
• Fans from various countries pay tribute to the series, and some surprising guest stars whom HBO Max has specifically asked critics to keep quiet about show up to honor its legacy.
  — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 May 2021
• Prosecutors also allege that five days after the riot, Reffitt threatened his children to keep quiet about his trip to Washington, DC.
  — Katelyn Polantz, CNN, 28 Feb. 2022
• First-generation Ethiopian immigrants tended to keep quiet about all this.
  — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
• News of the infections emerged despite warnings to keep quiet about the new cases, according to two White House officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to publicly discuss internal conversations.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2020
• The paradox between having the ability to plan and execute a coup while simply being unable to keep quiet about it and still almost doing it is catnip for Weisberg and would stretch his dark-comedy writing toward its bleakest point.
  — Vulture, 14 July 2022
• And Brenda did get a position as news anchor on BYU’s television channel, but not for agreeing to keep quiet about a male communication adviser’s suggestive behavior.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 May 2022
• McLaughlin criticized McCraw's briefing saying he and other local officials have been asked to keep quiet about the shooting and the law enforcement response as multiple investigations continue.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 22 June 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024