holdout
Example Sentences
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We know Clancy’s attorney asked the judge to have this one holdout juror thrown out, but the judge said no.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Judge Sullivan said the holdout juror could stay and deliberations could continue.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Reddington urged the judge to dismiss one holdout juror who he said appeared to be blocking the other 11 from reaching a verdict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The defense for Lindsay Clancy, the US mother accused of murdering her three children, on Thursday accused a single holdout juror of blocking a verdict in the high-profile trial.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Here and there a Luddite holdout refuses to open an email account, just as thousands of years ago some human bands refused to take up farming and so escaped the luxury trap.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
