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as in holding on
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as in signing (up or on)
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Record levels of burnout — a seven-year high, with 61% of employees reporting at least moderate burnout — suggest many are simply holding on.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025 -
Tad Smith, the former CEO of Sotheby’s and now partner at 50T Funds, a growth equity firm focused on digital assets, said many wealthy crypto investors are holding on to their bitcoin and other tokens expecting a further run-up in price.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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Passenger trains stopped running on this line in the late 1960s, leaving it to slower freight trains that ran less frequently.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Davenport is running on a platform of academic achievement, inclusivity and teaching for college, career and AI readiness, as opposed to teaching toward standardized tests.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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Sunday’s game could be the first Clasico to feature English players in both teams — with Madrid duo Jude Bellingham and Trent Alexander-Arnold potentially taking on Barcelona’s Marcus Rashford.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Unlike with Netflix or HBO, YouTube creators are taking on the risk for their projects (though, granted, there’s a great disparity in production budgets).—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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Though the ball ends up bouncing off of Bad Bunny’s shoulder and dropping to the floor, the clip cuts to him holding up his new keepsake with a big smile on his face.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
8 Oct. 2025
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Many financial groups continue to report that spending is largely holding up.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Rest is Football is part of a recent trend in football coverage which sees ex-players turned pundits — such as Gary Neville, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards — being very open about their continuing allegiances to former clubs.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, there’s a precedent, and continuing pride, in French prep prioritizing its own homegrown brands, with Lacoste standing out as the preeminent example.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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In September 2021, Murdaugh attempted to stage his own shooting in an effort to award Buster, his surviving son, a $10 million life insurance payment.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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The program also extends financial assistance to eligible surviving family members, including spouses, dependent children, and parents.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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The man with the gray shirt was thrown on the ground with six men punching and kicking him until he was captured curling up in the fetal position.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Adriana James-Rodil,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Video shows Balmer running and kicking the double doors leading to the governor’s private family quarters.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Keeping (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeping%20%28on%29. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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