holding pen

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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

So, like an idiot, I go down to the sheriff’s holding pen on opening day and say, ‘Do you have Mrs. so-and-so here.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

For many patients, it felt like they were stuck in a holding pen, often without much hope of being released.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2022

Only a week before, the waterfront’s elegant open-air cafes had been filled with naval officers and diplomats; now the quay was a holding pen.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides