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In his speech, Hegseth emphasised the US's "strong, quiet and clear" approach to the region - its capacity to wield a "big stick" but "speak softly".

From BBC • May 30, 2026

I’m going to stick with it, and if it means an angry phone call from Yannick Noah, that’s fine, I adore Yannick Noah, who doesn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“There were ground rules laid with the committee before we walked in there and we simply wanted to stick to those,” Dhillon said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

He offers her a generous payoff to stay quiet, and she tells him, in so many words, to stick it.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Then he let out another one of those squalls before he reached down and picked up a long stick from the ground.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls