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Firms are keen to explore how they can support women "without their careers being held back", in a "wider shift" towards helping improve health and wellbeing in the workplace, he adds.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Nigeria successfully held back that outbreak within its borders, resulting in only 19 infections and seven deaths -- raising confidence the densely packed nation of 240 million can respond effectively to new public health threats.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

But Ohtani held back his hands long enough to extend them to the pitch and shoot it through the right side of the infield.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Many have held back over legal and financial concerns in the country, which nationalized the assets of ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips in 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

One of the does had held back from the bilgewater, and the upstream girder under the bridge had caught her across the back.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Although the held-back funds make up less than 1% of California’s education budget, they have an outsize cumulative effect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

The held-back funds are tied to programs that, in some cases, have received these dollars for decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

In one moment, a student may sing a solo that lights up the room like a supernova only for them to later sing it through a clenched throat and held-back tears.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

Each jurisdiction must appoint two full-time commissioners and submit applications laying out the commission’s safety and investigative credentials and establishing its independence from Metro before the held-back money can be released, FTA officials say.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2017

I hurry down the block while my held-back torrent of tears splashes down my face.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed