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held by
adjective as in belonging to
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He taught high school science—mostly Advanced Placement biology and chemistry—in the Syracuse area and also served as president of the teachers bargaining unit for the district before being elected to the New York state Senate in 2020 from a district long held by Republicans.
More than a dozen of the newly elected women won seats held by men, many of who were forced out of office by term limits.
"Yall theater nerds better not be singing during my screening of 'Wicked' tonight," one fan wrote in a post to X, expressing a view held by many following the out-of-place trend that began as soon as the film hit theaters in early screenings ramping up to its official November 22 wide release.
During the campaign, Trump called for the agency to pull the broadcast licenses held by ABC, NBC and CBS because he was unhappy with their coverage.
The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was held by police after the disturbance inside the Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend on 11 July.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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