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the reporter suspected there was a hush-hush reason why the company agreed to the deal
top-echelon diplomats met in a hush-hush conference in a last-ditch effort to head off an international crisis
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Unlike the pros, the college money is very hush-hush.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2025
For this sort of service, Covered 6 charges untold thousands of dollars — the numbers are, like Covered 6 itself, hush-hush — which on this Saturday is being paid for by homeowners on and near North Bristol Avenue who have pooled their considerable resources.
—Jason McGahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
Though plot details are very hush-hush, the story will pick up after the bonkers cliffhanger at the end of Iron Flame (no spoilers!).
—Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
There have been back-to-back open Congressional hearings and several classified gatherings in hush-hush, closed-door sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) settings.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2025
For this sort of service, Covered 6 charges untold thousands of dollars — the numbers are, like Covered 6 itself, hush-hush — which on this Saturday is being paid for by homeowners on and near North Bristol Avenue who have pooled their considerable resources.
—Jason McGahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
Though plot details are very hush-hush, the story will pick up after the bonkers cliffhanger at the end of Iron Flame (no spoilers!).
—Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
There have been back-to-back open Congressional hearings and several classified gatherings in hush-hush, closed-door sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) settings.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Hush-hush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush-hush. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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