Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hold (in)
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Cases of stowaways hiding in wheel wells are rare but not unprecedented — and survival is rarer still.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025 -
Waters can hide rocks, trees and debris.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Language’s ability both to reveal and to conceal is at the heart of this engrossing history of medieval encoded and encrypted manuscripts.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Mauthe is now facing one count of criminal homicide, one count of involuntary manslaughter, four counts of concealing the death of a child and four counts of abuse of a corpse, CBS News reported, citing state police.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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Many times, the characters Jaglom played in his films were thinly veiled versions of himself.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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In the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, the famous skies were veiled by a freak sandstorm from the Sahara.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
16 Sep. 2025
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If anything, his play over the years has masked just how much this team’s defensive structure has faded since Barry Trotz’s departure.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Another hack is to use a little leave-in conditioner to keep it moisturized and to mask any emerging smells.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Sep. 2025
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Or is there something murkier here, the leftovers of words or ideas secreted behind the picture frames or even in the very walls themselves?—
Katie da Cunha Lewin
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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Key Takeaways The gallbladder plays a role in digestion by secreting bile to help digest fats after meals.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Verywell Health,
23 Sep. 2025
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In some cases, ATM security cameras photographed people using debit cards to withdraw cash, sometimes wearing COVID-19-era masks to obscure their faces.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, this past weekend, reports emerged that two American military cargo jets deported people to Africa on flights that appear to have had their transponders turned off, preventing tracking by obscuring their locations from public flight databases and other nearby aircraft.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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Our foul, flatulent father-figure may exaggerate a bit when belittling his enemies (and friends, for that matter), but cloaked under his aura of filth — like an adult Pig-Pen’s toxic dust cloud — rests a core truth.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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Rain is coming, penciled in for an hour or two from now, and a harsh British wind is flinging leaves off branches and cloaking the countryside with something that smells dungy and damp.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Hold (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20%28in%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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