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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hold (in)
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This automatically measures the distance between the edges of the folding panels, uses sensors to detect offsets and recalibrates the brightness of adjacent LEDs to hide the tiny slot.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 June 2026 -
Achieving it in reality would be brutally hard because the target moves, hides, jams, uses decoys, and fights back.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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Located in a region with a rich mining history, the mine was worked in the 1880s before being concealed when the hillside was blasted down.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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It is further alleged that the accused were able to conceal the situation by not allowing the minor access to medical appointments and removing them from church activities, Our Quad Cities reports, citing the affidavits.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
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Though for many voters the initiative’s measures are veiled in the hypothetical, pegged to demographic projections, refugees, such as the residents of La Maison, and others within the asylum system will feel its effects in the near term.—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Most are soft; some are veiled by haze or sea mist, and others employ blur to picturesque ends.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Shell companies registered across Dubai's sprawling free zones have for years masked the origin of Iranian oil and commodities.—
Azhar Sukri,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
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And then there’s Matthew Rhys, who plays the mayor of Widow’s Bay, desperate to promote his island town’s tourist appeal while masking the rising terror that all the stories told about the island are true.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
13 June 2026
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has accelerated its executions of dissidents and activists, with the true number of victims likely obscured by the regime’s internet censorship and blackout.—
Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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The old model obscured the relationship between advertiser and editorial.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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The construction method is still cloaked in mystery.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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Among the many Michiganders aghast at this lubrication of a multibillion-dollar corporate initiative cloaked in secrecy was one official with the power to do something about it.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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“Hold (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20%28in%29. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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