holdout
Example Sentences
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Like nearly everyone I grew up around in this corner of Pennsylvania, Sundays in our house were a congregation in green, and I was the lone holdout in the pew, quietly pulling for New England.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Reddington urged the judge to dismiss one holdout juror who he said appeared to be blocking the other 11 from reaching a verdict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Clancy's lawyer asked the judge to remove a juror after the jury forewoman sent a court note saying one holdout would not follow the court's instructions on reasonable doubt.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
How unusual is it for there to be one holdout juror that ends up overtaking a jury’s decision making like this?
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Here and there a Luddite holdout refuses to open an email account, just as thousands of years ago some human bands refused to take up farming and so escaped the luxury trap.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
