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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hold (in)
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The Transportation Security Administration adopted the no-shoes rule in 2006 after a British man boarded a 2001 American Airlines flight with explosives hidden in a shoe.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
8 July 2025 -
Eight airports in different states appeared to have dropped the requirement, in place since 2006 after a British man in 2001 attempted to destroy an airliner with explosives hidden in a shoe.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
8 July 2025
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Meanwhile, her makeup turned more matte with concealed under eyes like at The Blonds Fall 2014 show.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
11 July 2025
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Speculation online has included allegations that the federal government was concealing information to shield powerful and prominent figures who were allegedly named in case records.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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Several silhouettes were encased in rigid, transparent plastic shells, and veiled, sometimes with bejeweled faces.—
Alice Pfeiffer,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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Others point out the irony that, as the government fixated on enforcing the veiling law and cracking down on political dissidents under the pretext of fighting foreign subversion, its actual adversaries were quietly infiltrating its most sensitive institutions.—
MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR,
Foreign Affairs,
8 July 2025
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And as the number of A schools creeps upward, that’s ignited a debate on whether Florida is grading its schools effectively, and whether grade inflation is masking continued difficulties educating students.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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China's demand for petrol and diesel is falling as electric vehicle sales surge, but the trend is being masked by the country's massive strategic stockpiling of crude oil, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday.—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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These newest findings on its effects related to amyloid deposits identified a protein called CagA — secreted by most strains of human H. pylori — as the key component.—
F.D. Flam,
Twin Cities,
2 July 2025
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Researchers have long known that plants secrete a natural chemical called isoprene, but exactly why and how plants did this was sort of an enigma.—
Jay Kakade
June 30,
New Atlas,
30 June 2025
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But this fake overlay simply obscures the app as it is being attacked in the background.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Infrared imaging can see in the dark, but the picture is typically low-resolution and grainy, and can obscure key shapes.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2025
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These deals are cloaked in financial engineering, but their real impact is socioeconomic: fewer owners, fewer options, less upward mobility.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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This bill is part of a national effort to police family structures and control birthing bodies, cloaked in the language of tradition but rooted in exclusion and control.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Hold (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20%28in%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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