held

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After being caught on the metro, the former bank worker was held for three days in a detention centre without a shower or change of clothes.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

To acclimate his players to the altitude, he held training camp in Pachuca, at an elevation of 7,979 feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

"I don't regret anything," Infantino said when asked about the World Cup being held by the United States.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

When Hostin enthused that she has “a PhD in ChatGPT” and regularly uses the LLM for personal and marital counseling, Swisher held up a warning finger: “Please don’t do that.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

“Lala, the first day you held a cello, how did it go?” she asks.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold