- present participle of hold.
holding
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Last May, they announced her pregnancy with a photograph of her young sons holding a baby scan with the caption: "Baby Brooksbank due 2026!"
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
“We’re upholding election integrity,” said Ms. Nessel, a Democrat, “by investigating all claims of non-citizen voters, as rare as they are, and holding bad actors accountable.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Humphrey Yang’s account recommends buying and holding index funds for life and opening a high-yield savings account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
At least two of the suspects in the sheriff’s photos can be seen holding up their phones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
He could feel the Forest holding its breath.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The author of the BCA note, Doug Peta, said that in the early 1980s, the value of equity portfolios and mutual fund holdings was far less than half of households’ disposable income.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Kushner, a co-founder of a venture capital firm Thrive Capital and the permanent holdings company Thrive Eternal, will have to divest a minority stake in the Miami Heat before the Lakers purchase can be approved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The elder son had sold off many of the Kushners’ New Jersey holdings and then, in 2007, paid a record $1.8 billion for a Manhattan office tower just before the financial crisis hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Because his holdings are in a Roth IRA, Thiel won’t have to pay federal tax on his withdrawal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
She felt willing to push and pull about this; seven acres was near one-quarter of the property, one-quarter of their holdings.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
