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But if you’re willing to hold and rotate Vance’s recent statements in your mind, you’ll find something uncharacteristically interesting.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Although UCLA’s offense turned in a strong performance, its defense struggled to hold back a Purdue team that lost its 19th consecutive conference game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Employees reassured users that their money was in transit, but that compliance checks could hold it up for days or weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Youth Justice Minister Jake Richards told the Times newspaper the system "should hold parents to account in a proportionate way for ensuring that they play their role in keeping communities safe".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Hastily I hold up the envelope of bills, and when I give it over my hand shakes only a little.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong holds a 4% stake in the Lakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Artificial intelligence also holds extraordinary promise in medicine, science, education and productivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
As high pressure holds on across the south, many will stay largely dry and warm here through the rest of the week.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The fund holds more than 50 autocallables with staggered five-year maturities.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
I ask Bubbe, and she holds out her cup.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
She found Georgia-based print shops to make pink “Senator My Boo” buttons and has been working with local Democratic activists and volunteers to distribute them at Ossoff’s rallies, including one he held Sunday in Athens.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Stretch, Strategy’s main security—80 percent of which is held by ordinary retail investors—sounds like a dream investment vehicle for someone looking for financial stability.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Bruins held Fame Ijeboi to just 47 yards in 17 carries after the running back had 201 yards and four touchdowns over the Boilermakers’ first two games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
NATO’s top military role is held by the Supreme Allied Commander for Europe, or Saceur, a position that has always been held by an American since it was first filled by Dwight Eisenhower in 1950.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The last time she had held this posture was when Jason had snuck out to hang with his friends on a school night.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
As we gather up our treasures of this last summer, we remember that several things might have prepared us for what was coming, had not our eyes been holden.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott
His eyes were holden that he saw not.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
I have thee holden In what Scotia calls a "grup," All my fleeces now are golden, Full troy weight—for wool is up!
From The Coo-ee Reciter by Various
His world is full of Him, only men's eyes are holden that they do not know.
From The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona by Cora Marsland
The two disciples were going to a village called Emmaus threescore furlongs distant from Jerusalem, and while they are conversing Jesus joins them, "but their eyes were holden that they should not know him."
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels
Then Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino, who had been leading the immigration operations in California, was among those outside the event, joined by agents in helmets, camouflage, masks and holding guns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Behavioral biases can tug investors in the direction of either panicking and holding on following a plunge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
College games often have bigger crowds - eight of the world's 10 biggest stadiums are for college football, all holding more than 100,000.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
ETFs in this category typically replicate an autocallable-like payoff using swaps, rather than holding the notes directly.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
He was holding up a string of dead bullfrogs, greeny-gray in the morning light.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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