withholding

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Appeared in the February 26, 2026, print edition as 'DOJ to Review Withholding Of Epstein Files About Trump'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

"Withholding essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable," read the statement.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

Withholding funding for the “alleged actions of a few individuals,” he said, was a “matter of extraordinary disproportion.”

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Withholding the veto, and explaining why, would be a powerful first step.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2023

Withholding the paper from its threatened destruction she briefly succeeded in teaching him therefrom the alphabet, and in time from a black-letter Bible he learned to read.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)