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Examples
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He is allegedly confessed to several stick-ups, and police sources say Carson looks good for at least a dozen robberies in the last two weeks alone.
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Now police think he might be the guy responsible for dozens of similar stick-ups.
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Americans use all kinds of air fresheners to mask odors throughout the home -- sprays, stick-ups, plug-ins, wicks and more.
Archive 2007-10-01 Dan 2007
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Americans use all kinds of air fresheners to mask odors throughout the home -- sprays, stick-ups, plug-ins, wicks and more.
Air freshener safety: Why you may want to glide away from Glade Dan 2007
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Often these stick-ups go badly wrong and people get wounded or killed for very small potatoes.
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PARRISH: That is right and they are trying to make stick-ups.
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PARRISH: That is right and they are trying to make stick-ups.
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And you've got to look to see if there are other individuals that partook of some parts of the crime spree itself or before or during -- you know, maybe armed stick-ups.
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During the next six to eight months, I pulled my first robberies and stick-ups.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964
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"That'll take the starch out o 'yer Sunday stick-ups!" said the boatswain's mate, on hearing where I was bound for, when he met me clinging to the wet deck with my stocking-feet, and catching with my hands at every bit of tackle capable of giving support.
We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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