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Oh, yes, he was told: The stories “couldn’t hold a candle to the reality.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Hartnett’s work is dynamic and unsettling, making what could be a forgettable tertiary character into an integral part of the story that viewers hold in the back of their minds, even when he’s offscreen.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

The love audiences still hold for “Pan’s Labyrinth” is a testament to this sentiment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Bereneberg rates Porsche at hold with a 46 euro price target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Finally he winds a roller bandage around his forehead to hold all the bandages securely.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Musk holds a 48.4% equity stake in SpaceX, which represents approximately 6.42 billion shares across common stock, options and unvested performance awards, according to an August SEC filing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, holds a direct equity stake in Firmus, and it is also a customer and hardware supplier to the Australian firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

And what a delight it is that this world still holds some surprises for us.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

On Thursday, the holding company of construction magnate Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, which holds 13.5 percent, said it would oppose a rival plan that has been put forward by MPS management.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The replacement operator holds out her hand expectantly.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Belgal is now being held at a detention facility.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Labor organizing, he decided, held more promise for major change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

She has never held the $50,000 over me until now.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

"She held off to make herself look a bit innocent," he told his fellow faithfuls.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Instead, she held up something: an untidy bundle of switches.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

These courts for cases of life and death were holden by the Grafs under the open sky, in public, and in full daylight, so that the judgment pronounced could be at once carried into execution.

From Pine Needles by Susan Warner

They were also called the Westphalian tribunals, as they could only be holden in the Red Land, or Westphalia, and only Westphalians were amenable to their jurisdiction.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley

After Skiddaw, we walked to Ireby, the oldest market town in Cumberland, where we were greatly amused by a country dancing-school 215 holden at the Tun.

From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Andrew Cecil Bradley

Launcelot Trevanion, you stand committed to take your trial at the next ensuing Quarter Sessions, to be holden at Ballarat, on a day to be named.

From Nevermore by Rolf Bolderwood

At a Superior Court holden in and for the County of Effingham, in November Term, 1827.

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by William Hogan

Given the demands of this role, part of the reason Arsenal may have struggled against Brighton was that Bruno Guimaraes took up this holding midfield position instead of Lewis-Skelly.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Although they rejected his claim for compensation, the courts left the door open to holding major emitters liable for climate-related payments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The bottom line: Yet again, we see that it’s incredibly difficult to beat a simple strategy of buying and holding a broad stock-market index fund.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

“The next target is the psychologically significant $90,000, and $92,000 is the next resistance level to watch if it manages to break out of its current holding pattern,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“It was my fault,” the airman said, holding up his hands.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo