hold over
Example Sentences
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As Scales' dementia took hold over 10 series, the couple talked openly about the condition and how they were coping with it while the cameras followed their boat.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
A legal fight between MP Materials and USA Rare Earth complicates the breakneck effort to loosen China’s hold over critical materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
"If you don't panic, they've no hold over you," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The private-credit funds are structured as business development companies and hold over $500 billion of assets.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
More distraught than I’d ever seen him, which surprised me, because Erma had seemed to have some sort of an evil hold over Dad, and I thought he’d be relieved to be free of it.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
