holds up
Example Sentences
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She holds up a sepia photograph in a silver embossed frame: the clairvoyant Isabel Barros Moreira, her mother’s mother, her face placid, with dark hair and dark eyes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
If demand holds up, Citi economists expect China’s status as the “world’s factory” to strengthen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
The results show that the standard contrarian rebalancing strategy of selling winners and buying losers holds up well over time, but we are in anything but ordinary times.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
In a small flat in a social housing complex near Caracas, Adriana Briceño holds up what looks like a piece of rubbish, but hidden on the old chocolate bar wrapper is a message.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
“FIVE”—she holds up her hand, spreading her five fingers—“fencers of color.”
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
