silence
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Floral tributes have continued to be left near the crash site, while a minute's silence was held at Cleveland Police's headquarters earlier to remember the officers.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The government's announcement that the environmental certificate had been cleared ended a decade-long silence about the project.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
At first, the Camino’s silence felt like withdrawal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
When pulled off successfully, the power of silence raises the volume on everything else that matters.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
No one spoke for some time, until Karli piped up, breaking the silence between us.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
She also hosts red carpet interviews at the Oscars - following a tried-and-tested formula of comedic flirting and uncomfortable silences - and runs her own production company.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The company recently began clinical trials of a treatment that silences the genetic instructions for the Alzheimer’s tau protein.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
It suggests that no other irreversible power to immunize lurks in the Constitution’s silences.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
He has also been met with blank stares and awkward silences, and once got turned down by a high-school band.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Is love this safety I feel in our silences?
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Notifications would be silenced during school hours, defined as 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on weekdays between August 15 and June 15.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The researchers selectively silenced neurons associated with doublesex.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
“There was some talk that our defense and goalkeeping weren’t up to par. But I think we’ve silenced a lot of critics,” Cubarsí said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Twice, in the space of barely 120 seconds, Bellingham had silenced some 80,000 home fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The sparrow silenced him with an upraised wing.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
"True public order is achieved not by silencing the affected, but by listening to them," the bail order said.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“In the end that sacred project actually tends to produce sectarian narrowness, exclusion, uniformity, silencing, self-censorship, lack of debate, the negative sanctioning of nonconformists, and the debilitation of rigorous thought.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Junior Caminero doubled in the first inning, and Ryan Vilade followed with a home run on a cutter, silencing a sold-out Dodger Stadium before the game could even heat up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
"Every two minutes a mother dies. These visa rejections are silencing those we most need to hear from," she added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Where is my tea?” came a shout from the top of the stairs, the strident voice silencing the singing and ending Ophie’s happy reverie.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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