hold back
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Roigard grabbed a try for himself shortly after the break, before Taylor, Carter, Moorby and Jordan went over as Australia struggled to hold back the hosts' waves of attack.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Huang told the room he believed safety was "paramount", adding that companies should hold back a product and "keep engineering" if it was not safe enough.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
New dams and debris basins turned the vast natural waterways and springs and creeks of old L.A. into a chutes-and-ladders system to divert and hold back water and mud, before the next time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
In 2024, Maryland adopted a version of Mississippi’s most controversial literacy policy—requiring schools to hold back students if they can’t read adequately by third grade—as part of the state’s new comprehensive literacy policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
If she were trying to earn Minya’s praise, she wouldn’t hold back, but would use Hayva’s tenderness and grief against her.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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