hold over
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This pattern holds over increasingly longer periods: For the past five years, the index has gained an average of 0.7% during Thanksgiving week, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From Barron's
"We've held over 100 listening sessions with families and will continue engaging parents as we deliver reform through the Schools White Paper."
From BBC
In late October, the RSF captured El-Fasher, the last army stronghold in the vast western Darfur region, consolidating its hold over the area.
From Barron's
That pattern holds over the past 10 years, as well.
From Barron's
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds over half of Earth's freshwater, is already losing ice in some coastal zones today.
From Science Daily
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