stillness
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At the second hospital, a surgeon walked in, took one look at me and stopped—with that stillness that comes before hard news.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
With a far-seeing stillness, Kani’s Sam does more than endure.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Here the road becomes a boundary between different ways of moving through — and loving — the same landscape: speed and stillness, noise and silence, crowds and solitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Coming after an eventful week—and a tough one for stocks, with the S&P 500 sliding 1.6%—the stillness was a welcome change of pace.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
The stillness was broken by Van Helsing’s voice speaking in a low level tone which would not break the current of her thoughts:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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