- present participle of hold.
holding
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Arsenal are overloading the right side of the pitch with their right-back, holding midfielder, number ten, and right winger all providing support for striker Kai Havertz on the ball.
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
Skydance named Jay Askinasi, who joined Paramount after holding senior roles at Roku and Publicis, to lead ad sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The kid who was sitting next to Dad in the auditorium is holding on to Dad’s hand and dragging him along toward the refreshment tables.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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As the New York Times reported last month, even friendly countries are reducing their holdings of U.S.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Baltimore’s organization received an investment last year from Shore Capital Partners, a $17 billion Chicago-based private-equity company with holdings in healthcare and real estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
I hadn’t rebalanced in years and I wanted to reduce some of that risk, diversify our holdings and start preparing for some worst-case scenarios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Skydance will carry more than $80 billion in debt, much of it acquired to retire the holdings of Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The land dripped with richness, the fat cows and pigs gleaming against green, and, in the smaller holdings, corn standing in little tents as corn should, and pumpkins all about.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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