holdout

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But California, one of its core markets and the last state holdout to give approval, had concerns about how those changes would align with its own rules on issues including supplier diversity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Fearing negative fallout for its agricultural sector, France has long been a holdout, but had failed to muster enough support to block the accord -- until now.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

AMC is a holdout, moving deeper into genre series, including spinoffs of its major hit “The Walking Dead” and shows based on Anne Rice’s vampire novels.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

His holdout vote in the wake of 200-plus members of his party voting otherwise is not the first time he has taken an unorthodox stance.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

Here and there a Luddite holdout refuses to open an email account, just as thousands of years ago some human bands refused to take up farming and so escaped the luxury trap.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari