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Recent Examples of stick up
Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
In the aftermath of the American defeat, several of Bradley’s players attempted to stick up for their captain.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
The numbers showed an increase in stickups — if only on paper.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The remains of the old stamp mill, where ore was crushed to extract gold, stick up on the hillside.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
In the aftermath of the American defeat, several of Bradley’s players attempted to stick up for their captain.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
Today’s stickup artist is after something else: smartphones.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
The numbers showed an increase in stickups — if only on paper.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
Verb
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Federal officials said Wright and others robbed at least five victims in Windsor and Bloomfield between July and November 2020.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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And then there was France’s Julia Simon winning a gold medal four months after being convicted of robbing her teammate Justine Braisaz-Bouchet — who placed 80th (just imagine a teammate racking up $2,300 in charges on your credit card, then beating you to the podium).—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Even worse, disaster reimbursement delays, delayed housing repairs, and the holdup of infrastructure rebuilding have fueled anger in the communities that are hardest hit.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Feb. 2026
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That’s the real holdup with kids Hot Stove Season.—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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Golden State finally ripped off the Jonathan Kuminga bandage, sending him to Atlanta for Kristaps Porzingis, a high-upside center whose biggest obstacle is his inability to stay on the court.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
6 Feb. 2026
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Companies making machine learning and generative software aren’t just metaphorically ripping off books.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Mike lives a lonely life seemingly devoid of any interiority, working for an over-the-hill crime boss known as Money (Nick Nolte), whom Mike has managed to piss off with his less-than-spotless latest burglary.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2026
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Police arrested the man on suspicion of first-degree burglary and unlawful trespassing.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Building legal structures that hold up over time When done correctly, strategic legal structures bring entity design, trust planning, governance, and real economic purpose together into one cohesive system.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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The center is expected to hold up to 10,000 detainees—more than twice the entire population of Social Circle.—
Brian Unger,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Staged to look like a random mugging of a courier, the robbery was, in fact, a sophisticated heist that would ultimately involve the Provisional IRA, the New York mafia and the Colombian cartel.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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The mugging of his early selfies has vanished.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Monster bamboo, bougainvillea, and banana plants crashed in from the roadside; a tin roof sagged under the weight of a gaggle of marabou storks; baboons plundered trash cans at a highway intersection.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Scandinavian Vikings were a seafaring people who plundered both north and west Europe for centuries — a pretty tough group.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And, remember, many of the reforms that were put in place actually took place after the Watergate scandal under President Nixon, where a president was directly involved in certain domestic criminal activities that appeared with the Watergate break-in.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Some experts recommend an early oil change for new cars to remove metal shavings from the engine break-in period.—
John Paul,
The Providence Journal,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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