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Example Sentences
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A previous truce was meant to have taken hold in Lebanon on April 17 but has never been observed, with the violence only escalating since.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The tank has some capacity to hold in some pressure.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Lee downgraded AMD’s stock from buy to hold in his Monday note.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
In the late ’60s, the media portrayed Solanas as just another radical member of the divisive second-wave feminist movement taking hold in America.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
I felt something leaden take hold in my stomach just then, my anxiety hardening into dread.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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