held down

Example Sentences

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But Venture faces legal risks too, which have held down its stock price since it went public last year.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

The friends keep it low-tech, with an alert system consisting of fishing lines attached to plastic foam and held down by weights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Manager Dave Roberts said Tucker will play right field, with Teoscar Hernández sliding back to left field, the position he held down in his first season with the team in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

The move in silver is ‘less of a one-off spike and more of a long overdue repricing of an asset that had been held down for more than a decade.’

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

She couldn’t leave without at least checking to make sure no one else was being held down here.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack