holding pattern
Example Sentences
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The Flightradar24 tracking website earlier showed planes circling above the airport in an apparent holding pattern.
From Barron's
Tuesday to enter a holding pattern over the Gulf of Oman.
The S&P 500 is up less than 1% year to date through Thursday’s close and has basically gone nowhere since October, a “near-unprecedented holding pattern,” notes Mark Hackett, Chief Markets Strategist for Nationwide.
From Barron's
The S&P 500 is up less than 1% year to date through Thursday’s close and has basically gone nowhere since October, a “near-unprecedented holding pattern,” notes Mark Hackett, Chief Markets Strategist for Nationwide.
From Barron's
So, as it stands, both Jersey and the Isle of Man are in a holding pattern, waiting for their respective assisted dying bills to get pass into law.
From BBC
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