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hold on

verb as in hang on

verb as in hold out

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Harden, 36, played a career-high 51 minutes and scored 10 points over the two overtime periods as the Clippers held on to halt a six-game skid.

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We just lay there, spooned together, holding on as if stillness could save us.

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The wellbeing sessions are being held on Thursdays at the Wellbeing Centre at Andrew Mitchell House.

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The social worker did not check what information Surrey Police held on the family, and they did not speak to the school to inquire more about Sara's change in demeanour.

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The fact that it held on through the social turbulence caused by the war in Vietnam and the Civil Rights Era is a telling indicator of America’s devotion to its self-established mythology.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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