holding pattern
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But since earning his master’s 11 months ago, he has lived in a monastic holding pattern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The S&P 500 has been in holding pattern for two months now, its progress stalled by bond-market carnage and its technicals undermined by the narrow breadth of stocks keeping up the index.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The RFU has instead just expanded a holding pattern.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and his seemingly supernatural competence at both city management and marketing, has laid a blueprint for kitchen-table progressives looking to bust out of the Trump-era holding pattern.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
The school week is like a holding pattern.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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