be silent
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K2-18b may be silent for now, but scientists are steadily improving their ability to detect even the faintest signs of technology beyond our solar system if they are ever there to be heard.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
"We want to gather all the testimonies and evidence we can to document this and have a complete case. We can't be silent about what happened," she said.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
I am Jimmy Kimmel, and I will not be silent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
"Since 2019 on the hospital bed, I vowed that I cannot be silent for the sake of 200 million women worldwide," she said.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
Sergei Korolev stepped into the cottage, gestured for the doctors to be silent, and tiptoed down the hall to the cosmonauts’ bedroom.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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