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Example sentences for: hold

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What, exactly, do you say to someone who may hold the secrets to the universe?
Ultimately they are moved by principle, and will for its sake throw aside or forgo the material things that scoundrel politicians think they hold above all else."
According to one civilian who was evacuating down stairwell A from the heart of the impact zone and who stopped on the 31st floor in order to call 911, I told them when they answered the phone, where I was, that I had passed somebody on the 44th floor, injured-they need to get a medic and a stretcher to this floor, and described the situation in brief, and the person then asked for my phone number, or something, and they said-they put me on hold.
Whatever its shortcomings--and they are many--only big media possesses the means to consistently hold big business and big government accountable.
The IRB must remain autonomous and be able to hold up or stop an investigation.