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Recent Examples of stick up
John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
The lesson: Never get bullied. McMillan, meanwhile, had his own experience with sticking up for himself.
—Jason Quick, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
Listen to this article A brazen robber who shot a wall during a Brooklyn store stickup was linked to the violent heist by the chunky diamond earrings adorning his earlobes, federal prosecutors allege.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
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Verb
Various users have defended the OP—whose post has drawn 1,600 upvotes and more than 650 largely supportive comments—for enforcing their family dinner rule, which many of them stuck up for.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
The lesson: Never get bullied. McMillan, meanwhile, had his own experience with sticking up for himself.
—Jason Quick, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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
Listen to this article A brazen robber who shot a wall during a Brooklyn store stickup was linked to the violent heist by the chunky diamond earrings adorning his earlobes, federal prosecutors allege.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
Verb
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Domínguez had a chance to unseat Verdugo at the end of last season, but the natural center fielder struggled in left field and didn’t hit much after recovery from UCL surgery and an oblique injury robbed him of minor league reps.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Some criminal gangs have been robbing trucks making wholesale Ozempic deliveries, Mr. Corrêa dos Santos said.—
Flávia Milhorance,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Outside, an irritated Duke asks Reacher what the holdup was.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Small mistakes, such as errors in Social Security numbers, income information, or deductions, can prompt the IRS to conduct a review, resulting in processing holdups.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Far from ripping off taxpayers, the current arrangement has paid off handsomely.—
Trysh Travis / Made by History,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
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The white man ripped off the black man long enough.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Villalobos-Infante and Sosa have pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree burglary, conspiracy and grand theft that were filed in San Bernardino County Superior Court.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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David Juarez, 19, was arrested on suspicion of burglary and grand theft.—
Cameron Macdonald,
The Mercury News,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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And some of the claims Trump and Musk have made about DOGE’s work don’t hold up to scrutiny.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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This one is brandished by a masked robber holding up the luxury hotel's store.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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In Musk’s telling, Altman illegally partnered with Microsoft to establish a web of illicit affiliates and plunder its nonprofit arm of assets and staff in violation of their deal.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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Loggers are plundering giant sequoias in Yosemite and poachers are decimating bison herds in Yellowstone.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The men were tied to break-ins at the homes of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals and Bobby Portis of the Milwaukee Bucks, the Justice Department said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Editors’ Picks Dogs were not used during the September break-in.—
Tim Balk,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The announcement also acknowledged the items had been looted by British soldiers in 1897 from the Kingdom of Benin, sold, and eventually ended up in the Dutch State Collection.—
Karen K. Ho,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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An escaped convict teams up with his Italian buddy and an army deserter to plan a spectacular bank robbery, looting a U.S. military base for the necessary firepower.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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