held up
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Residents dressed in white held up posters of missing loved and signs reading "We don't want fear, we want peace" at the protest on Sunday.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Those expectations arrive as Wall Street remains on the lookout for signs of weakness among consumers, whose spending has held up even as gas prices have climbed this year amid persistent inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026
Prices in Dubai have held up better than demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
On March 1, 1994, a contingent of 450 UN peacekeepers is deployed to the enclave where the rotation of UN soldiers had previously been held up.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Anna held up my head and poured something into my mouth.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
