holding pen
Example Sentences
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The firm began this year by forcing clients into a holding pen that prevented them from redeeming any money until 2026 and limiting withdrawals thereafter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
Except the kitchen at 221B is… well, it’s not a kitchen so much as a crime-scene-adjacent holding pen.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025
The specially-erected holding pen for festival goers had fewer than 25 people in it just ahead of the first train at 07:44.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2022
Tucker Carlson huddled in a low-ceilinged dungeon that had served as a holding pen for Africans bound for enslavement in the United States.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2021
After waiting all afternoon at the Foley Square courthouse holding pen, we were handcuffed together and lined up in the hallway.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
