silent
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This ongoing appreciation of silent movies speaks to a common craving for simple communal appreciation of analog pleasures.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario and usually one of the most vocal Canadian politicians on US tariffs, had been silent on the tentative deal.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
He’s been silent amid rampant speculation that Mr. Walter will also sell the Dodgers as the team steamrolls to a possible third consecutive World Series triumph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The comedy icon, who turned 100 in June, was born in the silent era and grew up in Brooklyn devouring double bills at his neighborhood theater in the 1930s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
For a long time I lay silent in the huge shadowy barracks restless with the sighs, snores, and stirrings of hundreds of women.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing silent
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ant, -ent
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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"First They Came for the Communists"
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