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silence

[sahy-luhns] / ˈsaɪ ləns /




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Belli, who lives in Spain after the government stripped her of her Nicaraguan nationality in 2023, explores the theme of betrayal in her novel "A Silence Full of Whispers."

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Elsewhere, the award for best drama went to ITV's Code of Silence, which starred Rose Ayling-Ellis as a deaf woman who helps police with her lip reading skills.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

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

He added, “‘The Silence of the Lambs’ is a perennial now.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

A Level Three Awkward Silence began to coalesce around us, like interstellar hydrogen pulled together by gravity to form a new nebula.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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