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hold in

verb

  1. to curb, control, or keep in check

  2. to conceal or restrain (feelings)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The judicial election was the first of its kind to be held in Mexico following a radical reform brought in by the governing Morena party.

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After World War II, for instance, many Japanese Americans who had been held in incarceration camps during the war moved into gardening work because “no one would hire them for other jobs,” he said.

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The announcement on Monday comes after a series of talks have been held in recent months between the countries to reduce or remove tariffs on UK goods entering America.

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The newly expanded Club World Cup is being treated as a dress rehearsal for the international World Cup next summer, which will be held in the USA, Canada and Mexico.

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The luminous black abstraction dominating the surface was visibly painted after the figures, which feel like they are being held in its embrace.

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