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In the Margaret Thatcher biopic, Streep sports a stiff upper lip and no patience for snobby misogyny as England's first female prime minister.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
Grave as Zelensky’s failure to reform Ukraine may be, in the midst of Putin’s intransigence and aggression, the president has shown a stiff upper lip.
—Melinda Haring, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2022
Rarely has such stiff upper lips framed such eloquent, perpetually spewing pottymouths.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
By every outward appearance, Brooke is the perfect English gentleman, with his posh title and tidy grooming and impeccably stiff upper lip.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2023
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
Grave as Zelensky’s failure to reform Ukraine may be, in the midst of Putin’s intransigence and aggression, the president has shown a stiff upper lip.
—Melinda Haring, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2022
Rarely has such stiff upper lips framed such eloquent, perpetually spewing pottymouths.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
By every outward appearance, Brooke is the perfect English gentleman, with his posh title and tidy grooming and impeccably stiff upper lip.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2023
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“Stiff upper lip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stiff%20upper%20lip. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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