silence
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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
An awkward silence follows, his audience unsure how to react.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Among them are Cruz, who broke his silence in a statement to the Tribune, as well as U.S.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Listener fights with air and speaks with silence ...
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
His and Lissie's wedding pictures adorned the front pages, police forces and football clubs held minutes' silences and blue ribbons were displayed in his hometown of Wallingford.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
What’s Next: Denali recently began clinical trials of a treatment that silences the genetic instructions for the Alzheimer’s tau protein.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 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
Mama said nothing as Ophie ate, but Ophie had gotten used to her mama’s silences.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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
He is speaking to us trackside at Crystal Palace, its grandstands and shuttered scoreboard almost silenced and yearning to return to their former glory.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
What sets Houdon’s Franklin apart from the other two is that in those depictions the polymath seems silenced and solitary, compared with Houdon’s convivial treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Likewise, they would be silenced if their speeches veered off topic.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
An evening that had begun as silencing a smiling sextet ended in a sublime effort to open the mind beyond body and music to give peace a chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Eliminating the host nation and silencing tens of thousands of American fans wasn’t enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Al Jazeera said Wishah's death on Saturday "constitutes a new and flagrant violation of all international laws and norms, and reflects a continued systematic policy of targeting journalists and silencing the voice of truth".
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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
He flapped clumsily down among the firs, silencing the bats.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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