- present participle of hold.
holding
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For now, South Korea is holding its breath, hoping Bukangi can find her way back to her home - the open sea.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Police fired several tear gas grenades to clear the group, which was holding its protest near a university building and the city's police station.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
“They’re like company-specific AI labs,” with the ETFs holding shares of their partners or backers, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
President Trump has been traveling around the country holding multiple campaign events each day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
He winks to show me he’s joking, but my fingers squeeze the piece of cookie I’m holding, crumbling it.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
French investigators have previously examined his real-estate holdings near Paris as part of a probe into alleged money laundering and rosewood trafficking, though the case was dropped in 2023 due to insufficient evidence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
However, more recent ownership information has not been established, so the property cannot be counted among his confirmed current holdings.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
It has unwound those holdings since 2023 in a process known as quantitative tightening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Faster price growth means investors demand a higher rate of return to try to protect the real value of their holdings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Massey’s own ancestral holdings, far to the south, were lost to him, so he must needs make an advantageous marriage or resign himself to being no more than a knight of the king’s household.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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