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holdout

[hohld-out] / ˈhoʊldˌaʊt /




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That disloyal, greedy kid at the center of college football’s first apparent holdout?

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Thick clouds of red dust billow skyward as earthmovers cut roads through the Abujhmad hills of India's central Chhattisgarh state, the last holdout of a nearly 60-year insurgency that has cost 12,000 lives.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Facebook owner Meta is one holdout among major tech companies backing Anthropic's action.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Western Digital still has one holdout in Baptista Research, which has an Underweight rating on the stock.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

The lone holdout on the commission was Henry DeWolf Smyth, who had telegraphed his distaste for the inquiry to Ernest Lawrence at Oak Ridge.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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