holdout
Example Sentences
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Is the holdout juror a person of—a black man?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Like nearly everyone I grew up around in this corner of Pennsylvania, Sundays in our house were a congregation in green, and I was the lone holdout in the pew, quietly pulling for New England.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Outside the court on Friday, Reddington said he believed 11 of the 12 jurors would have delivered a verdict that favoured Clancy, had it not been for the one holdout.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
However, simply because the juror is holding out and not agreeing with other jurors, that’s not a basis to remove a holdout juror.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
The lone holdout on the commission was Henry DeWolf Smyth, who had telegraphed his distaste for the inquiry to Ernest Lawrence at Oak Ridge.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
