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held

adjective as in grasped

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As they held a news conference by the river Wednesday, Davidson and others wore respirators to protect themselves from the air pollution.

Even if Kilmar Abrego Garcia is returned to the United States, he will be held as an illegal immigrant and can be deported again because he is member of a foreign criminal gang, they said.

The Iraqi family being held hostage gets up and walks through the wreckage of their home.

From Salon

There had been hopes that tensions would ease after France's foreign minister held talks with Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers earlier this month.

From BBC

But the court has held that it would be problematic to effectively divide trans people between two different protected characteristics, depending on whether they have a certificate.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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