“No comment” is the standard non-response of representatives to press inquiries, neither confirming nor denying a story. In the Hurley-Cyrus ring week, the posture was literal silence: representatives for both stars could not be reached when PEOPLE sought comment. In this story, that absence of denial functions as a holding pattern — keeping an unconfirmed engagement rumor alive while the couple lets photographs, captions and emojis do the talking.
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