silent
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That night, I had dinner in a garden and walked back past the cathedral, enormous and silent in the dark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“A lot of things could happen – and with 10 year yields near the very sensitive 4.75% level, the one thing this week won’t be is silent or boring,” Emanuel says.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
It said legal proceedings had been started in Italy, France and Germany over the case but that "European and national authorities have remained silent" and "those responsible for the attack have not been identified".
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
He said there had always been a "silent majority" against violence in Northern Ireland's recent history, but a "vocal minority who have been for violence, and they seem to hold sway".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
We were all as silent as Sunday afternoon.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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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