silently

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Silently, the public slowly decided that the severity of Deen’s actions wasn’t harsh enough to warrant a digital blacklisting.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

Residents — helped by Syrian exiles — risked their lives to document it through the project Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2017

Silently, she looked down at her napkin as she fought back tears, having just been asked who helped her emotionally through a difficult few months.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2017

For his follow-up, he profiles another set of individuals risking life and limb in the pursuit of journalism, the Syrian organisation Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2017

Silently, Brangwain Spurge stared at each monument and temple as if committing them to memory.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin