held
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The U.S. held off on a major military campaign that could have lasted two weeks, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The letter went out to shareholders just after the annual Brown-Forman shareholder meeting, held Thursday in its hometown of Louisville, Ky. Nonfamily shareholders and Brown family members alike were in attendance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Then in November 2025 he returned to Germany where he was arrested at Berlin Brandenburg Airport and held in pre-trial detention.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
It was held to prepare for future missions in the Black Sea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
The walking was at once more difficult here, the going more arduous, the snow deeper, but at least we weren’t dragging along with hundreds of others, being endlessly held up.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
