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Summers and Copeland sued Sting last year, saying he had been withholding some of those payments.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Two other deputies allegedly told the department’s internal crime investigators that Tanner had been withholding backup from other deputies and that they’d reported it to the station captain.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

The judge determined that the department had been withholding the footage “in bad faith.”

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2023

Several states had been withholding support for the plan, but after a new round of negotiations this year, all of them came on board.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2023

What if Mrs. Condor were to acquaint Danilo with the secret which Claire had been withholding?

From The Blood Red Dawn by Dobie, Charles Caldwell