silence
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Amanda is enraptured with its aspirational luxury: “The house had that hush expensive houses do. Silence meant the house was plumb, solid, its organs working in happy harmony.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
For fans of “The Silence of the Lambs,” the connection between the so-called Dr. Salazar and Hannibal Lecter is uncannily similar.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
Silence or needing to be quiet is "really, really difficult", she says.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Bellowing "Silence, everyone!" to terrified parliamentarians, the man with a bushy moustache and shiny tricorn quickly caught the public's attention in an image engraved on the nation's collective memory.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Silence, except for the wind in the trees beyond.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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