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held up
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Wales had an early setback when lock Adam Beard was forced off injured and replaced by Christ Tshiunza before Rogers superbly held up Kerevi to deny a try for the visitors.
Signs reading "Enough is enough" and "No Farmers No Food" were held up as conference attendees entered the building.
Both ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were held up as miracle cures for Covid but such claims have not been supported by science.
“That may be so, but when you’re in a position like that, you are held up to a bigger standard.”
Meanwhile a protester at the Cenotaph held up a banner referencing IRA violence.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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