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Today, they hold pride of place in the Met’s American Wing, where they reward close study for their brilliantly detailed workmanship.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Zackfia lowered her rating on Planet Fitness’s stock to the equivalent of hold, a move that analysts at BofA Securities and Cowen also made.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
“He’s got a great sense of self-accountability to where he’s his own worst critic,” Redick said before the game, “and he’s going to hold himself to a standard of how he wants to play.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
What controversy will this year’s program hold, I wonder, heading into Day 2.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
It was thick enough to hold a man's weight, but he waited two days, then three, hoping that leads, streaks of open water, would appear.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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