in silence
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Nearly everyone sat in silence, looking down, eyes fixed on phones.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
“In every life there’s a clock that has to stop,” the last line goes, and then it all halts suddenly, in silence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
At the Kfar Aza kibbutz, which was also devastated by the attack, mourners sat in silence in assembled chairs as they watched the raising of an Israeli flag.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The crowd listened in silence as the Polynesians, wearing blue fire uniforms, sang a Tahitian hymn in harmony while two of them strummed ukuleles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
I wanted to tell her that there was nothing awesome about this, but Callaway had restarted the recap screens, and we all watched each other’s recaps in silence.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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