withhold
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Southern postmasters thus continued to withhold antislavery periodicals, with the tacit approval of Jackson protégé Kendall.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
"We also have to be willing to slow down or withhold further scaling when our confidence in safety is not sufficient," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Trade unions threaten to withhold support for politicians, joining the popular backlash against the construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Benjamin Harrop was seeking internal emails, messages and other communications about whether the government had a legal right to withhold the material.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“She’ll think you’re trying to steal business from her, and the miller will probably withhold our rations, the lying cheat.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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If you start claiming in the months before your birth month for full retirement age, then Social Security withholds $1 for every $3 you earn over $65,160, a somewhat less restrictive policy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
“Today, the court holds that one exception — the postal exception — prevents individuals from recovering for injuries based on a postal employee’s intentional misconduct, including when an employee maliciously withholds their mail,” Sotomayor wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
To satisfy the taxes, the company withholds a certain number of shares from the employee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Someone who withholds too much compared with their tax liability will end up with a refund.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025
The sceptic in Europe who still withholds his credence from Bruce’s account of an Abyssinian brind feast, would have been edified by the sight now presented on the royal meadow.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
When asked about the names of officials who had withheld information from the public, Mamdani said, "this goes across a multitude of those that New Yorkers have trusted."
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
In June, the oversight body filed the lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Department asking for a judge to order the release of the withheld records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
But even that outdoor time was sometimes withheld when her classmates “behaved poorly”—a common disciplinary tactic that the national guidance recommends against.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Social Security adjusts your benefit at FRA to account for those months during which your benefits were withheld because of excess earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Maybe it’s because I still have the ashes of my own district on my shoes, but for the first time, I give the people of 13 something I have withheld from them: credit.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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From a modest family, he dreamt of becoming a computer engineer to "change his life", he told AFP, withholding his surname because "the fear is still there".
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Plummer’s Getty is imperious and withholding, refusing to pay the ransom for his kidnapped grandson and seemingly puzzled that anyone would expect him to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
He added that the health board had taken "a 'one-size-fits-all' approach when withholding information, failing to carefully consider the case for and against disclosure".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Centcom is withholding additional information, including the identities of the missing and fallen servicemembers, out of respect for the families during the notification process, the command said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
In peacetime, however, in a well-staffed, well-stocked American emergency room, triage isn’t about withholding care from anyone; rather, it’s identifying the patients in the gravest danger and treating them first.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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