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Recent Examples of stick up
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
31 May 2026
On the evening of May 1, 1978, Cox was thrown out for, essentially, sticking up for the scoreboard operator.
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Ken Sugiura,
AJC.com,
20 May 2026
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
The stickup comes amid a nearly 23% drop in robberies in the Bronx’s 44th Precinct, which saw 135 robberies as of April 27 compared to 175 in the same time period last year, according to NYPD statistics.
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John Annese,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2025
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Verb
One can stick up for female athletes and defend female sports without singling out and effectively mass cyberbullying a high school athlete.
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Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
31 May 2026
On the evening of May 1, 1978, Cox was thrown out for, essentially, sticking up for the scoreboard operator.
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Ken Sugiura,
AJC.com,
20 May 2026
Noun
Man gets 5 years in Cedar Lake robbery A Gary man got 5 years in a plea deal earlier this month for a Cedar Lake stickup.
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Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
The stickup comes amid a nearly 23% drop in robberies in the Bronx’s 44th Precinct, which saw 135 robberies as of April 27 compared to 175 in the same time period last year, according to NYPD statistics.
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John Annese,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
Verb
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According to prosecutors, Pooh Shiesty robbed the record label owner of about $450,000 worth of items including his wedding band, a watch, a pair of earrings and cash.
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Florida state prosecutors allege that in February 2026, Arnold coordinated and directed his codefendants to lure three men to an apartment where the men were robbed, beaten and held at gunpoint.
Noun
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Colorado’s entire bipartisan congressional delegation has criticized the holdup of this funding in the midst of this year’s drought.
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The holdup played a significant role in bringing about the bankruptcy filing.
Verb
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Younger fans ripped off their shirts and sprayed water bottles before a band emerged from the smoke of the Bayfront Park stage, playing Argentine music in celebration.
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One guy had ripped off the horn from a plastic Viking helmet and was using it to chug beers.
Noun
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Williams had an extraditable warrant out of Suffolk County, New York, on multiple charges including burglary, strangulation and assault.
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Angelina Nikolau, 33, and Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, both Russians with a current address in East Orange, New Jersey, were charged with multiple felonies in Manhattan Criminal Court including reckless endangerment, burglary and other charges.
Verb
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The Royals didn’t hold up their end of the bargain, however, falling 6-1 to the Philadelphia Phillies in the series opener.
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That enabled Atlas to run through the same actions millions of times in parallel across cloud GPUs, learning to adapt to imperfect conditions until the behavior held up reliably.
Noun
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Is a 1-game suspension enough for the mugging?
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While investigating this incident, CPD also learned that a shot was fired during a mugging, also in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Verb
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Or was the hole man-made with a malevolent intent, perhaps plundering a grave for artifacts?
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The instability left Cambodia's temples unprotected and vulnerable to plunder that was often carried out by former Khmer Rouge child soldiers.
Noun
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An older festival trailer starring Gibson features the star interrupting a break-in, while Garcia also learns about break-ins in his short film.
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Police officers responding to Leslie Martin’s call and separate reports of a break-in found Doug Martin hiding in a neighbor’s home.
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“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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