stiff upper lip
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Blake, biting his stiff upper lip, sets out to do the impossible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Yet speaking to him reveals the specific pressure of keeping terrible secrets in the name of the English aristocracy's so-called "stiff upper lip".
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2024
“So many people do have this view that Harry should have had a stiff upper lip, that he should have grit his teeth and borne it,” Smith told me.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2023
Steady as her ubiquitous profile on stamps and coins, the queen embodied the British stiff upper lip.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2022
In other words, it’s time for me to wear a beauty-pageant smile while keeping a very stiff upper lip.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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