Example Sentences

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But private and institutional investors have held shares of SpaceX for years.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

“All of the ingredients of this rally have held in there,” said David Bahnsen, chief investment officer of the Bahnsen Group.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

After those early bursts of osteoderm evolution, the pace slowed, and most groups have held onto their skin bones ever since.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

US and Cuban representatives, including Raúl Castro's grandson Raúl Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, have held "conversations" in recent months, but US charges against the former president are unlikely to smooth these contacts.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Even if they had to leave Earth, and I had to follow them into airless space, I’d hold on to them and suffocate, but at least I’d have held them close.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri