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"People ask me: 'It's been two years, how are you holding on?' And I say, 'It doesn't feel like two years. It feels like one long exhausting day'," she said.

From BBC

The court used its newly fashioned "major questions doctrine" to stymie Biden's efforts at student loan forgiveness and environmental regulations, holding that Congress did not give him explicit authorisation to do so.

From BBC

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, accused Democrats of not being serious about negotiating, and holding out over a deal "to get political cover".

From BBC

Robbie’s a hopeless man holding a gun on the cop trying to catch him.

From Salon

Mr Levy, who is a Chair of the Trustees of Heaton Park Synagogue, described holding the doors to the entrance and said the attacker used knives and plant pots to try to get in.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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