held
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The network said the story was held for more reporting, and the segment eventually aired.
From Los Angeles Times
No Texas senator has held more than four.
One of the U.S. citizens on board was killed, and the other was injured and is now held in custody by Cuban authorities, according to a U.S. official.
New research published in Nature Genetics challenges that long held assumption.
From Science Daily
It comes a day after Washington and Tehran held talks widely seen as a last ditch effort to avoid a war over Iran's nuclear ambitions.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
