holding
Example Sentences
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“I think we are holding ourselves back tremendously,” Cabot said, “by cutting each other down.”
From Los Angeles Times
The governor has also identified an unusually high rate of savings as holding back the economy, driven by a lack of consumer confidence among older savers in particular.
From BBC
Others had questioned the cost to taxpayers of holding elections for councils that are due to be abolished, she added.
From BBC
The new deal is for 130 billion cubic meters of gas, and will see Israel supplying Egypt until 2040, said NewMed Energy, an Israeli company holding a major stake in Israel’s Leviathan gas field.
That is because it is home to Euroclear, the institution holding around $213 billion in Russian assets when they were frozen.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
