holding pen
Example Sentences
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The firm began this year by forcing clients into a holding pen that prevented them from redeeming any money until 2026 and limiting withdrawals thereafter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
Except the kitchen at 221B is… well, it’s not a kitchen so much as a crime-scene-adjacent holding pen.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
The specially-erected holding pen for festival goers had fewer than 25 people in it just ahead of the first train at 07:44.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2022
The company had placed them in a holding pen before slaughter time, a daily task done with little fuss by workers for over 70 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
When I walked into that holding pen, I was a smooth-skinned, fresh-faced young man.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
