Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hold (in)
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Liv is forced to break up with her human fiancé, Major (Robert Buckley) to avoid infecting him, and becomes estranged from her best friend and roommate Peyton (Aly Michalka), hiding her new zombie nature from both.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2025 -
Unfortunately, the cause of the odor is often hidden.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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She was also charged with concealing an individual to prevent discovery and arrest.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by FBI agents last week, charged with obstruction of justice and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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With their ability to both ping enemy squads and veil their allies, the reconnaissance Runners held much higher value in most maps than the ones predicated on moment-to-moment action.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
2 May 2025
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The plaintiff also charged Joe with falsely accusing Cuban Link of sleeping with Big Pun’s widow, Lisa Rios, and sending him veiled threats in an attempt to instill fear in him.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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As an injection, however, the anti-inflammatory drug can mask pain and injuries that could otherwise prevent a horse from competing. Injections of betamethasone, which come in a form called betamethasone acetate, are allowed up to 14 days before a race.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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These avian features, however, masked a suite of more subtle squamate characteristics, which initially went unnoticed due to the limitations of the available CT scans and the rarity of such a small, bird-like form preserved in Amber.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Majority Don’t Approve Of Trump’s Handling Of Inflation, Border And Trade The symptoms of perimenopause result from the levels of estrogen and progesterone being secreted by your ovaries progressively dropping over time.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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In some parts of the world, a person may be secreted away or imprisoned by the government without any advanced notification of wrongdoing or chance to make a defense.—
Andrea Seielstad,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2025
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Iben believes that this simple truth—understood intuitively by earlier generations of investors—has been obscured in an era dominated by short-term thinking and monetary distortion.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Molina writes in pulse-like scenes, and each vignette thickens the novel’s uneasy atmosphere, obscuring our conception of place and, eventually, our conception of what’s real.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The first three days of the Trash Emergency were cloaked in gloom.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2025
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Estrangement is far more common than most admit—and often cloaked in shame or silence.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Hold (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20%28in%29. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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