1
as in to hold on
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as in to lay on
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The council’s annual Gold Award ceremony for Girl Scouts in San Diego and Imperial counties was held on June 8 in the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025 -
Text messages released throughout 2022 as part of discovery in the case revealed an exchange between Prehn and Walker, the former governor, in which Walker advised Prehn to hold on to his seat in order to counter the voices of Evers' appointees.—
Ariela Lopez,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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For more than a dozen years, the Food and Drug Administration quietly allowed substandard foreign factories to continue shipping medications to the United States even after the agency officially banned them from doing so because of dangerous manufacturing failures.—
Debbie Cenziper,
ProPublica,
13 Aug. 2025
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In March, Lake named a senior agency official, Victor Morales, to be the acting chief executive; in early July, according to two people with knowledge, she was elevated to be deputy CEO but continued to run the agency.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Miami Dolphins take on the Detroit Lions at 1 p.m. on Saturday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
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The Las Vegas Aces (19-14) make the short trip to Arizona to take on the Phoenix Mercury (19-12) at PHX Arena on Friday night in a pivotal matchup for WNBA playoff seeding.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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As extreme heat burns the planet and surviving a waterless Philippines becomes increasingly impossible, Jelson and Ipe try to live, laugh, and love their way through a climate catastrophe rendered in addled digital collage and cartoon hysteria.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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Gamers will be able to play as a Vault Hunter on a mission to kill the alien Vaults in Borderlands 4 or complete puzzles and confront monsters to survive Silent Hill f.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The ownership of the tree would be shared between the neighbors, and both homeowners retain the right to trim or prune parts of the tree that hang over their property.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Citizen Redistricting Commission, an independent entity first formed in 2008, would retain power over state legislative redistricting, and that body would regain power of congressional redistricting after the 2030 Census, Newsom said.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The manager shouted at Emiliano Martinez to kick long and hoped to take PSG back to Villa Park with only a one-goal deficit.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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But even that season’s team hardly ever practiced on the field, and in recent years it’s been used only by the team’s kicking specialist and as a spot where rehabbing players work out on the side.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Instituted in 1986 by then festival co-director Diego Galán to bring to San Sebastián legends of Hollywood – such as Betty Davis in 1989 in her last public appearance – the Donostia Awards have come to focus on still jobbing and far younger figures, such as Penélope Cruz in 2019.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
30 July 2025
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Khan can’t even seem to bring himself to embarrass or job out talent who seem to be on their way out of the company.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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If stains persist, repeat the steps above before the item is dried.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Aug. 2025
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Sectoral carve-outs persist, but with the EU now facing a 15% tariff on most exports to the U.S.—lower than originally proposed, but still a significant rise—UBS expects direct pressure on prices for automobiles, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and more.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Keep (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keep%20%28on%29. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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