holding
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Then, holding the stick in her left hand, Murphy slid the puck across the ice to her streaking teammate, who promptly banged it into the back of the net.
After holding the line on prices for several months, companies—big and small—have begun a new round of increases, in some cases by high-single-digit percentage points.
The entire discipline hinges on a man either throwing a woman into the air or holding her over his head.
It is many elite universities’ biggest holding—making up more than 40% of assets at Harvard, Yale and Princeton—and they continue to commit new dollars to private-equity managers.
"I did a really good job just holding serve, getting through a lot of those games," said Fritz, who never faced a break point.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
