held up

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Players held up a photo of the late Angelo Gasca, Venice’s football coach who also helped coach softball.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

One Iranian official said the economy had held up earlier in the war, as oil exports and imports of basic goods continued.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Early in the war, the Pentagon held up delivery of 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles to Japan, rerouting them to the Persian Gulf region.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

"I don't think I played that many matches ever in a row. and my body held up perfectly fine," she said.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Akira held up her hand to tell him to wait, and saw that she was covered with the same sticky, gooey red stuff as Dodger.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz