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[hohld] / hoʊld /










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Bereneberg rates Porsche at hold with a 46 euro price target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Hartnett’s work is dynamic and unsettling, making what could be a forgettable tertiary character into an integral part of the story that viewers hold in the back of their minds, even when he’s offscreen.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

The love audiences still hold for “Pan’s Labyrinth” is a testament to this sentiment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Oh, yes, he was told: The stories “couldn’t hold a candle to the reality.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

I hold Midnight as Perkins helps Caesar, one-handed, climb into the saddle.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Musk holds a 48.4% equity stake in SpaceX, which represents approximately 6.42 billion shares across common stock, options and unvested performance awards, according to an August SEC filing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, holds a direct equity stake in Firmus, and it is also a customer and hardware supplier to the Australian firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

And what a delight it is that this world still holds some surprises for us.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Another distinction that “Pan’s Labyrinth” holds is that it was the last film in Spanish that Del Toro directed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Silence hides secrets, holds back fears, but it also binds with loyalty and love.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"She held off to make herself look a bit innocent," he told his fellow faithfuls.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

This week underscored the challenge the New York City mayor faces in hewing to those deeply held beliefs and appeasing his political base while governing the nation’s largest city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

She has never held the $50,000 over me until now.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Belgal is now being held at a detention facility.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

When I was little, I believed that places like these held secrets that I didn’t want to uncover.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Maddened almost to frenzy he would have rushed towards her, but he was firmly holden by a power superior to his own.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby

His eyes were holden that he saw not.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller

The tenour whereof thus followeth: In the Parliament holden at Edinburgh, the 20th day of December.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

According to an ancient law-book, the Fehm-court at Brunswick was thus regulated and holden.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley

But though so near, our eyes were holden that we could not see them, and we thought we should have to leave without even a sight of the Jungfrau.

From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field

This is the holding company of the Westons - a wealthy and retail-steeped Canadian family who used to own Selfridges and currently own several large retailers across the Atlantic.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Although they rejected his claim for compensation, the courts left the door open to holding major emitters liable for climate-related payments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The bottom line: Yet again, we see that it’s incredibly difficult to beat a simple strategy of buying and holding a broad stock-market index fund.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

“He had met the professional and security requirements for employment, including holding a pilot’s license, providing a certificate of good conduct and completing the required checks,” the U.A.E. attorney general said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Aunt Tess is standing in the doorway holding my rain slicker.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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