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keeps schtum
verb
Third person singular of keep schtum
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From D W Griffiths's endorsement of Ku Klux Klan racism in Birth of a Nation a century ago, through the escapist Thirties, the McCarthy witch-hunts and the timidly belated response to epoch-making events such as the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement, it by and large keeps schtum, plays safe and cheerleads for the status quo.
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Shay decides to keep schtum.
Least likely to: Keep schtum.
Other normally garrulous strongmen in Gaza kept schtum.
They dump the body in the sea, and manage to keep schtum.
We will all share in the responsibility if we continue to keep schtum.
It means to keep schtum while the Daily Mail calls independent judges "enemies of the people".
Perhaps it is not surprising that those involved kept schtum; they didn't want to be laughed at.
Could his silence then be considered as an instance of a pre-planned decision to keep schtum?
But this Panglossian summation of sexual happiness will only work if you keep schtum about your transgression.
But I've found that generally whenever the issue of paid content arises, they tend to keep schtum.
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