silence

It’s how they punctured every silence and how they endured the hard parts of life that we all must endure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Nearly everyone sat in silence, looking down, eyes fixed on phones.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

"What the regime wants is to intimidate, silence and frighten society through such pressure -- by arresting individual journalists, seizing media outlets, banning news coverage and blocking access to social media," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

But was it enough to flip the switch from silence to buzz?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

More texts come in, too, from the rest of our family, but I silence my phone.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Using very little musical scoring, sticking to naturalistic dialogue featuring awkward silences, and eschewing flashy cinematography and editing, he allows each scene to breathe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

As children, we sense the edges of these silences without fully grasping them.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

Gilligan loves silences and uses them in long stretches, allowing — or, perhaps more accurately, demanding — his audience to figure out what’s happening on their own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

An alarm blaring over the speakers silences everyone and signals the meeting.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

This may be one reason many people fear coming forward to seek accountability and are effectively silenced.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

When the researchers genetically silenced the somatostatin neurons, the mice that received the cannabinoid became less likely to avoid the predator odor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Seeing my identity changed and being left out of the picture made me feel, in a way, silenced and erased from a representation that was supposed to include me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Finneas, the brother of pop star Billie Eilish, said artists should "not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed".

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Llewelyn howled into the night once before the shadows silenced him, too.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Storms battered northern Europe on Sunday cutting power to more than 150,000 homes, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and silencing phone networks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Mookie Betts drove a deep fly ball to the warning track, momentarily silencing the crowd, until Mitchell closed his glove around it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

A WhatsApp spokesman said there were features in place to protect its users from scam calls, including silencing calls from unknown numbers.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Researchers have explored gene silencing approaches using siRNAs, antisense oligonucleotides, and CRISPR.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

I sit at a table with Ellen, Millie, and Amanda as my mom stands in front of the registration table and claps her hands together, silencing the room.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy