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Modern people need education to hold down decent-paying jobs, and civic participation depends on the ability to read, write and reason.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

Isabel Wang explained how governments’ efforts to intervene and prop up currencies or hold down interest rates might have the opposite effect.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Midfielder Nico Gonzalez joined City from Porto for £50m last January but has struggled to hold down a regular first-team place.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Amid all the flash and bling, an alabaster weight used to hold down the cloth spreads that covered palace floors during the hot months could easily escape notice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

He raised up the tarp and pulled it over them and then used the rocks to hold down the edges inside.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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