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
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
When I walked into that holding pen, I was a smooth-skinned, fresh-faced young man.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
