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as in holding on
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as in signing (up or on)
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Also, Southern California visits Nebraska with both sides holding on for dear life.—
Jordan Mendoza,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025 -
Record levels of burnout — a seven-year high, with 61% of employees reporting at least moderate burnout — suggest many are simply holding on.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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Four of those children, including Jonah Bevin, were adopted from Ethiopia in 2012, three years before Matt Bevin won the gubernatorial race in Kentucky, running on a platform that included overhauling the state's foster care system.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
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The entire ecosystem is self-contained and independent of external input, running on the energy released when bacteria convert toxic hydrogen sulfide into sulfate.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
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While not everyone gets their wishes, those with no interest in taking on the deceptive — and challenging — role of a Traitor likely won't be chosen.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The figure of Achilles, a warrior who singlehandedly choked a river with dead enemies before taking on the river god himself, provided a model for Alexander the Great and persists in contemporary popular entertainment, political speech, and military culture in celebrations of shock and awe.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Suamataia holding up was one of the few things that went right.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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The woman and the agent appear to be holding up cellphones filming each other.—
Chris Looft,
ABC News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The indictment suggests many others, including unnamed players, had a role in the scheme but weren't charged, and Metcalf said the investigation was continuing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Jan. 2026
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One federal officer is seen continuing to pull a still-struggling Seitz toward the entrance to the federal building.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
15 Jan. 2026
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These are formative years, when children in LA learn about the tricks to surviving a scrimmage match.—
Rafael Perez,
Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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And after miraculously surviving the attack that left her with facial paralysis and a bullet forever lodged in her brain, Buttafuoco was immediately, unwillingly thrust into the spotlight.—
Janine Rubenstein,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Carneiro missed a field goal, as well, kicking a ball off the left upright.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2026
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Friday night is the very first night, and the team is kicking it off on Military Night.—
Kaley Fedko,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Keeping (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeping%20%28on%29. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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