holding pattern
Example Sentences
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“Canadian retail sales continue a holding pattern as support from lower interest rates faces headwinds from trade uncertainty,” said Shelly Kaushik, senior economist at Bank of Montreal Capital Markets.
“We are in a holding pattern,” Bates’s spokesman said Tuesday, noting that Syed’s attorneys might appeal the decision to the Maryland Supreme Court.
From Washington Post
Snyder’s exploration of a sale, meanwhile, seems to have created a holding pattern around the Commanders.
From Washington Times
“Part of that could simply be the holding pattern that Democrats are in because Biden has signaled that he will, in fact, run.”
From Washington Times
The absence is another indication of the holding pattern the group has been in since U.S. short-selling firm Hindenburg Research alleged in late January that the businesses had engaged in fraud and stock price manipulation.
From Seattle Times
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