held up

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She wrote a book that held up Hillary Clinton’s presidential nomination as an inspiring moment of progress.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Another reason stocks have held up in the face of rising oil prices and bond yields: Corporate profit margins are well above their average from the past decade.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Favorites by Diana Ross and Beyoncé are held up to the roar of the crowd before pixie dust is released from the musical’s original Broadway cast album.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The pattern held up in another dataset as well.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

He held up a plastic bag that looked half-full, and explained he’d made the group go around the parking lot that morning, grabbing anything they could find that wasn’t supposed to be there.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy