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How to use the word Holding in a Sentence? Page #5

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It's simply not true that my administration or policies are holding back domestic energy production, that's simply not true. Even amid the pandemic, companies in the United States pump more oil during my first year in office, than they did during my predecessor's first year. We're approaching record levels of oil and gas production in the United States.

Joe Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The idea that the person holding the gun and causing it to discharge is not responsible is absurd to me.

Matthew Hutchins

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Justice Department remains committed to holding all January 6th perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law.

Merrick Garland

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The adults among us have been holding everything up for so long, it's amazing to see what comfort children can bring, i was moved by the incredible collection of advice and encouragement they gleaned, and how easily and distinctly they were able to communicate it.

Jessica Martin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

And now that he’s acted, the free world is holding him accountable, putin is now isolated from the world more than he has ever been.

Joe Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The media will sometimes get things wrong, as the Times did here. But as the court and jury found, the Times made a mistake that it corrected within hours, press freedom can't survive without breathing space for these kinds of mistakes, as the Supreme Court recognized more than half a century ago. Holding the Times liable here would have significantly reduced that breathing space and chilled press freedom.

Katie Fallow

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The idea that the person holding the gun and causing it to discharge is not responsible is absurd to me, but gun safety was not the only problem on that set.

Matthew Hutchins

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The idea that the person holding the gun and causing it to discharge is not responsible is absurd to me, gun safety was not the only problem on that set. There were a number of industry standards that were not practiced and there's multiple responsible parties.

Matthew Hutchins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If the ground wasn't holding me I would reach for the stars.

Wesley D'Amico

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2 years ago

It’s absolutely vital in this critical moment that President Putin understands that what he is doing is going to be a disaster for Russia, he is going to end up with ... a Russia that is more isolated, a Russia that has pariah status, no chance of holding football tournaments in a Russia that invades sovereign countries.

Boris Johnson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

No, he shouldn't have apologized. I mean, you see what happens? The mob will come after people, and they're targeting Rogan because he's threatening to upset the apple cart on some of the things that they're holding dear. And with COVID, he's just bringing opposing views. He's letting people decide.

Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I entered public service 30 years ago and never left, i have always believed that holding political office is neither a destiny nor a right. As elected officials, we must give all we have and then know when it is time to allow others to serve.

New York

Found on CNN
2 years ago

To those who are still there, to those of you who are there with the sole objective of causing disruption and chaos, there'll be serious consequences for this lawless activity, we will continue to raise the consequences against those who are holding millions of jobs and people hostage.

Doug Ford

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think all of these guys are wiped, when you get to this point, the gas tank is empty and you’re sitting there holding a trophy. I think that’s daunting to some degree when you wake up this morning and realize you’ve got to go do it all over again, and you do n’t have the energy. So I think the talk is actually natural.

Kevin Demoff

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There were days we did n’t know if he would live through the day, i ’ll never forget holding my child and not knowing if he was going to live.

Ann Flaherty

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Given the likely symptoms this animal suffered from, holding these infected bones in your hands, you can't help but feel sorry for Dolly, we've all experienced these same symptoms -- coughing, trouble breathing, a fever, etc. -- and here's a 150-million-year-old dinosaur that likely felt as miserable as we all do when we're sick.

Cary Woodruff

Found on CNN
2 years ago

No, he shouldn't have apologized. I mean, you see what happens? The mob will come after people, and they're targeting Rogan because he's threatening to upset the apple cart on some of the things that they're holding dear. And with COVID, he's just bringing opposing views. He's letting people decide. They say he's against [the COVID vaccine]. I do not listen to his show, but then I read he specifically advocated for people with co-morbidities and elderly to get vaccinated.

Casey DeSantis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Perhaps one way to avoid holding Olympic Games in a place that is hostile towards LGBTQ + people and marginalized communities would be to decide on a select group of cities in countries that have been fully vetted for their record on human rights and their treatment of LGBTQ + citizens and rotate between them every four years.

Eric Radford

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Coming outside and seeing his wife holding his baby and a coat colored pink but stained with red blood from his child, it’s unimaginable. It is unimaginable that this is happening in our city.

Eric Adams

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My office I will support law enforcement prosecutors every way we can in solving this crime holding accountable those responsible, school shootings, mass shootings gun violence happen far too often — and we must never become numb or desensitized. We must hold our hearts open to all the outrage and hold our minds open to all the solutions for ending it. We must not accept any more death and lives torn apart.

Keith Ellison

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We have individuals now who own 20, 30, 40-thousand acres controlled by holding companies.

Frank Nickell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The small, fringe minority of people who are on their way to Ottawa or who are holding unacceptable views that they are expressing do not represent the views of Canadians following the science, stepping up to protect each other is the best way to continue to ensure our freedoms.

Justin Trudeau

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Raising the debt ceiling doesn't help that issue. I think holding fast on cutting costs, cutting programs that are not value added that gets us to a balanced budget is absolutely something that is in the hands of Congress, and I would fight to do that.

Alabama Senate

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Look at your hand. Is it holding a ticket that says you recently went to see ‘Spider-Man?’ If so, then you have COVID.

James Austin Johnson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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