stiff upper lip

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Ney said McDonnell needs to “keep a stiff lip” and stay in close contact with family members.
Abramoff’s Advice for Virginia’s New Jailhouse Guv|Tim Mak, Jackie Kucinich|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.
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The higher your score, the more likely it is that you can lip-sync along to the “Checkers” Speech.
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Kanye refuses to stomach any rejection, no matter how upper crust.
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If only Sulzberger had managed to keep a zipped upper lip while leaving the dirty work to anonymous underlings.
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“Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
It is to be remembered, however, that a few of these bacteria may reach the sputum from the upper air-passages.
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But there was a breeze blowing, a choppy, stiff wind that whipped the water into froth.
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The upper part of the stem is usually unbranched, but whorls of branches occur towards the base.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin