hold fast
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A machine may be allocated a wide range of quotidian writing tasks, but let flesh and blood hold fast the art of writing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But mining continues to hold fast to the town’s imagination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
It's impossible to know the depth of his support, and whether this profound yearning for change leads some to hold fast to a familiar symbol.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
Even if her colleagues won’t hold fast to it in future cases, it tells lower courts that they cannot abandon this principle.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2025
I feel my fingers close around the stump that now completes his arm and hold fast.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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