hold
Example Sentences
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His injuries were not life-threatening, so they gently asked him to wait, getting him to hold his wife's hand, while they tended to other casualties.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Now rate cuts are on hold, and as the rise in wholesale prices show, there’s still plenty of inflation in the guts of the economy that’s likely to show up later in the year.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
SpaceX has sought to sell to institutional investors who will hold the stock, but Musk also set aside 30% of the offering for retail investors — an unusually high percentage.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
He took his case to an appeals court, which put a hold on the injunction and allowed construction to continue while litigation proceeds.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Before the introduction of ether a few months before, surgeons had to employ powerful assistants to hold down patients or restrain them with leather-covered chains.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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