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She had held off on accepting a blood transfusion until he got there.

"This has made it difficult for retailers to shift stock, particularly as many have held off spending to take advantage of Black Friday deals."

Still, other media organizations, looking at the very same data, held off until Saturday morning before officially declaring Biden the winner, haunted by the memory of past missteps.

England held off a physical Samoa side to claim a hard-fought victory in the opening match of their two-Test series.

On Monday, Judge William Henry Scott ruled that Young did not act illegally, but held off on deciding whether the term “black market” in the story implied criminality.