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
“We shined shoes, cleaned car windows, sold cigarettes — whatever we needed to do to survive,” recalled Ortega, sitting outside the government compound that housed the ill-fated immigration holding pen.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2023
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
Afi was thrown into the holding pen soon after that, and they hugged each other gently, avoiding the fiery sores on their shoulders.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
