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as in to dry up
to stop talking
you have no right to tell the rest of us to shut up
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Recent Examples of shut up
On Wednesday in Cortina, Italy, Shiffrin shut up her critics.
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
The healthiest thing both sides can do now is shut up about it and move on.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
So maybe shut up about AI and jobs?
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Between the red carpet and your For You Page, there’s no shortage of inspiration if your 2016 self won’t shut up about getting a new piece.
—Marianne Mychaskiw, Allure, 24 Jan. 2026
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
The healthiest thing both sides can do now is shut up about it and move on.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
So maybe shut up about AI and jobs?
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Between the red carpet and your For You Page, there’s no shortage of inspiration if your 2016 self won’t shut up about getting a new piece.
—Marianne Mychaskiw, Allure, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut up
Verb
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The Wild, in large part because Kaprizov and Boldy aren’t scoring, have dried up offensively.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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But Newman had a hunch that when soil dries up, the antibiotics bacteria use to wage war might become more potent, simply because of evaporation.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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Some shushed the crowds, urging them to be silent and reverent.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Levy sat on the floor, watching like a proud father and shushing whisperers.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The keys are satisfying to type on and impressively hushed without feeling mushy.—
Aubrey Jowers,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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What could have been a straightforward suburban critique is instead closer to a rich, deep baroque painting capturing longing, power, and hushed domestic drama.—
Vanity Fair,
Vanity Fair,
26 Mar. 2026
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Under both regimes, Black voices and ideas are silenced.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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It was finally silenced, to cheers from the crowd, but then the main scoreboard and video screen that hangs over the middle of the court went dark.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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Less sweat-trapping than many synthetic jackets, the Oreus kept me from clamming up while ski-touring in five-degree temps and dissipated sweat quickly when worn after strenuous climbs.—
Kelly Bastone,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026
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But when co-host Maria McErlane looked for details, Norton clammed up.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Clay Holmes threw 5 2/3 innings, Devin Williams recorded his first save in a Mets uniform, and the Mets limited the Cards to only five hits throughout the entire game, quieting the bats that made a lot of noise in their season-opening series.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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But an upcoming launch on April 1 — the first time astronauts will ride aboard NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket and Orion capsule — could quiet the program’s critics.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
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The findings reveal a lot of variance by sector, and muted total job growth.—
Bob Herman,
STAT,
30 Mar. 2026
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This year’s hard freeze that melted most of our daffodils also took the edge off many of the Bradford pear blooms, muting the usual burst of white flowers across the landscape.—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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In my testing, the Rucker 4.0 was comfortable without its hip belt up to around 30 pounds.—
Ian Graber-Stiehl,
Outside,
5 Dec. 2025
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The evening’s co-main event bout between Raymond Ford and Thomas Mattice also has a belt up for grabs.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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