held down

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At that point, Matarazzo was one of only four Americans to have held down a head coaching job in Europe’s top five leagues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

A stealthier and less obvious plan would be financial repression, in which interest rates are held down below the rate of nominal growth of the economy, which consists of real growth plus inflation.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Center Deandre Ayton held down a short-handed big man rotation with 23 points and 10 rebounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 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

Well, I should have held down the squash and I would have been full if I had.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini