Sentence examples for staging a hold from inspiring English sources

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A few days later, a band of gun-toting thieves in nun outfits went all Ben Affleck on a Pennsylvania bank, staging a hold up like a scene straight out of The Town.

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As Larson and Harvick staged a hold-your-breath, side-by-side race for the lead following a restart with 19 laps remaining, Keselowski, who opened the Chase as the top seed, charged through the middle to grab control of the race.

Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood supporters, who accuse the army of staging a coup, have held frequent protests calling for his reinstatement.

Few organisations can debate for three days whether to stage a debate, hold the debate, have a vote and then proceed to have a debate about what they have debated.

Pretending to be a wealthy Indian businessman called Mohsin Khan, Mr Mahmood met Mr Majeed to discuss the possibility of staging a tournament to be held in the United Arab Emirates.

About a dozen Alexandra residents staged a protest, holding up handwritten, cardboard placards.

They're on their way to stage a final hold-up under their demented leader, Dock Tobin, Link's surrogate father (the Lear-like Lee J Cobb).

The Liberal Democrats staged a resurgence, holding on to Orkney but surprisingly taking both North East Fife (for their leader, Willie Rennie) and Edinburgh Western from the SNP.

After losing her serve in the first game and then watching Sharapova steam ahead, Kerber staged a marathon, holding Sharapova on court serving for more than 11 minutes in the 10th game of the match.

Even if right-leaning Republicans like Senator Ted Cruz wanted to stage a dramatic hold-up of Burwell's appointment, rules recently introduced by the Democratic majority leader, Harry Reid, make it much harder for senators to filibuster presidential nominations.

Lacking a contract prior to the 1995 96 season, Fleury staged a brief hold-out during training camp before signing a five-year, $12 million deal with the Flames.

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