held down

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At that point, Matarazzo was one of only four Americans to have held down a head coaching job in Europe’s top five leagues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

But Venture faces legal risks too, which have held down its stock price since it went public last year.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Pavlich, 37, will replace Ashleigh Banfield, who held down the time period since 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

The move in silver is “less of a one-off spike and more of a long overdue repricing of an asset that had been held down for more than a decade,” Baecker said.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

He has to know—I can't be held down by his rules, his world.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon