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Recent Examples of stick up
Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
In Costco’s case, the proposal galvanized public support of Costco for sticking up for DEI.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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Verb
But the day Schenn celebrated his milestone achievement couldn’t have been complete without sticking up for a teammate.
—Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
In Costco’s case, the proposal galvanized public support of Costco for sticking up for DEI.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Noun
That complaint could be leveled at the inciting incident, too, a stickup attempt to snatch Miccelli’s kickbacks that ends with Rory and Cobby on the run.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
Verb
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Johnson robbed the convenience store in Garland where Harris was working a morning shift on May 20, 2012.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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Biggio robbed Giants second baseman Tyler Fitzgerald in the third inning.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
21 May 2025
Noun
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The holdup is likely related to Epic Games' recent changes to allow external payments on in-game purchases.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2025
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Images shared on social media showed road traffic holdups in Bali as a result of the outage and long lines at the airport check-in counters.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
Verb
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Along one street, the tornado ripped off siding and shingles, blowing out windows.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
30 May 2025
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In 2004, Justin Timberlake ripped off a piece of Jackson's costume during their Super Bowl halftime performance, exposing her breast.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
Noun
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There were other items also recovered believed to be connected with recent burglaries in New Brighton, a Minneapolis suburb, the report said.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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He was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for first-degree burglary as a third striker, with various enhancements.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
29 May 2025
Verb
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That lead held up until the fifth when Caleb Braden doubled in a pair of runs to highlight and three-run uprising to give No. 2 Wall (29-6) a 3-2 advantage.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 May 2025
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Springsteen has never shied away from holding up a thoughtful mirror reflecting the state of our nation.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
30 May 2025
Verb
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After France fell to Germany, the Nazis requisitioned the museum as a sorting facility for art plundered from French Jewish dealers and citizens disenfranchised by the state.—
Nina Siegal,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Some Quebecois housed troops or joined pro-patriot militias; others joined the British in firing muskets and artillery at the men invading their homeland and plundering their homesteads.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Wildlife officials helped remove a black bear found hanging out in the kitchen of a Kentucky home after an impressive, yet clumsy break-in, photos show.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
25 May 2025
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But Ventura and Mescudi’s relationship fizzled out in the immediate aftermath of the break-in.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
25 May 2025
Verb
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Fifty priceless artifacts looted from Egypt and Pakistan — and trafficked through Manhattan by two notorious antiquities dealers — have been returned to their home countries, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has announced.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
2 June 2025
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Paris police chief Laurent Nunez told reporters that four stores were looted overnight.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 June 2025
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“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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