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Recent Examples of shush
The Brazilian is back in the headlines for cupping his ears and shushing the home crowd at the weekend as Madrid beat Real Sociedad 2-0 in Anoeta.
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
There’s no scolding kids for turning in books late or shushing noisy students.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 29 Sep. 2024
Sheppard immediately popped up from his scoring catch and shushed the Knights students, whose jeers were well within earshot.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2024
Soothing may involve shushing your child, patting their back, offering a pacifier, or using white noise, says Marisa Rodriguez, newborn care specialists, and founder and CEO of Luxe Baby Custom Newborn Care.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 17 Sep. 2024
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
There’s no scolding kids for turning in books late or shushing noisy students.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 29 Sep. 2024
Sheppard immediately popped up from his scoring catch and shushed the Knights students, whose jeers were well within earshot.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2024
Soothing may involve shushing your child, patting their back, offering a pacifier, or using white noise, says Marisa Rodriguez, newborn care specialists, and founder and CEO of Luxe Baby Custom Newborn Care.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shush
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The Times can file a motion to strike under the California anti-SLAPP statute, arguing that Baldoni is trying to silence speech protected by the First Amendment.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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People who thought differently were not attacked, they were valued, and no one tried to silence anyone.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2025
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That hushed any skeptic who assumed his power was declining, as his home run total had decreased from 36 to 29 to 24 in previous seasons.—
Zack Meisel,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Giddy with excitement over the end of season win, Biles posted a video of her and her friend after the game attempting to celebrate quietly while hushing and grinning ear to ear.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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While Quebec City’s winter nightlife can be muted compared to the summer, Pub Saint-Alexandre, an English tavern in Old Quebec, is another bar that offers year-round programming.—
Vjosa Isai,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the four years since the insurrection, both the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers have been muted in their activity, researchers who study the groups told USA TODAY.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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His ability to quiet his gaming critics has so far proven much less successful than his ability to influence U.S. national politics.—
Ethan Gach / Kotaku,
Quartz,
21 Jan. 2025
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The attempt to quiet the noise went viral, receiving 3.1 million views (as of this writing).—
Chris Westfall,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The suit was eventually settled out of court, and the group signed a new recording contract yielding one of the biggest albums of the decade, 2000’s No Strings Attached, which sold 2.4 million copies in its first week.—
Shirley Halperin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Jan. 2025
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Two days after giving birth, the parents eventually settled on Boston.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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In order to save time, space, or money, audio companies will often take the design of a larger, more expensive device and dumb it down slightly to make a product that's more accessible, and probably better for most of us.—
Parker Hall,
WIRED,
6 May 2021
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To dumb it down, think about how action figures of the past had limited points of articulation.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
11 Sep. 2024
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“Shush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shush. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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