hold in
Example Sentences
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New research from the University of California, Riverside suggests that eating more protein could help limit the infection's ability to take hold in the body.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
Traders were pricing in a 77.6% chance that the Fed will remain on hold in December, up from 76.3% on Thursday, while also seeing a small but increased probability of a rate hike by year-end.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
As for her viral acrobatic performances, those appeared to have been on hold in the year before her death.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
The historic Union Corner, at the junction of Union Street and Gordon Street, was destroyed in the inferno on Sunday night after flames took hold in a vape shop.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Not if they snatched away what belonged to other people, whether it was something you could hold in your hand, like dirt, or something you could not, like freedom.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
