Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hold (in)
Verb
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Didn't seem to be hiding anything.—
Sarah Prior,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026 -
But hiding behind this benign climate state was all that titanic power flowing through the climate system.—
Adam Frank,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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On Monday, a jury found Townsend guilty of endangerment and concealing a homicide, but the murderer is still out there.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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According to the Justice Department, members allegedly hacked into ATMs and forced machines to dispense cash by deploying a malware variant known as Ploutus, which was designed to delete evidence of its presence in an effort to conceal the crime.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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There was something veiled about the sound, like the whistle of the bullfinch of our woods.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The coming days will see the lunar disk forge a path through the constellation Virgo ahead of its third quarter phase on Jan 10, when its left half will be lit by direct sunlight as its right is veiled in inky shadow.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Thousands of armed and masked federal agents have been deployed to Minnesota, with Minneapolis serving as the epicenter of the largest immigration enforcement operation in US history.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Trusting our usual virtual background on Teams to mask an untidy living room or kitchen table from colleagues.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Unsheltered homelessness decreased by 45% between 2023 and 2025, according to those year’s counts, but advocates for homeless people say cold-weather shelters and other factors can obscure the figures.—
Jon Murray,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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Law enforcement tracked license plate readers until the Mercedes-Benz’s plate was not obscured and found that the car was registered to Lu, according to a criminal complaint.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Three months after fracturing his right ankle, Warner did a couple of 10- to 20-yard sprints with a resistance band around his waist, while cloaked in a hoodie and sunglasses with head trainer Dustin Perry videotaping his every move.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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One of the protesters cloaked himself in an American flag.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Hold (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20%28in%29. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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