hold over
Example Sentences
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A Compass spokesperson also told MarketWatch that the company is not hiding listings, but it is opposed to Zillow’s hold over the real-estate market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Their yearly reproduction depended on elusive environmental factors, the author writes, “unlike other extractive industries such as tin or jade, where ‘X marks the spot’ could hold over a period of years or decades.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The cooling appears to have taken hold over just a few decades.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
A legal fight between MP Materials and USA Rare Earth complicates the breakneck effort to loosen China’s hold over critical materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Once the third aunt who worked at the laundry ran out and bought us bags of candy to hold over our noses; my mother was dismembering skunk on the chopping block.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
