How to Use put a hold on in a Sentence
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Judge Chutkan last month put a hold on the case while the appeals play out.
— Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2024 -
Did someone get cold feet and put a hold on the Amazon Fresh project?
— Walter Loeb, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023 -
The judge put a hold on the case in 2019 pending the outcome of the defamation trial in Montgomery.
— Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 2 Feb. 2022 -
The committee put a hold on the agreement for a second time.
— Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2022 -
The war put a hold on the vast majority of those studies.
— Andrew Joseph, STAT, 22 Feb. 2024 -
Oregon, along with Utah, are the first states to put a hold on their reopening process.
— oregonlive, 12 June 2020 -
This put a hold on launching the product but the queries from customers did not subside.
— Tommy Williams, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021 -
The Supreme Court put a hold on the ruling last year to allow the map to be used for the 2022 elections but did not rule on the merits of the case at that time.
— Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 13 Aug. 2023 -
LaRose quickly appealed, and an appeals court put a hold on the ruling.
— Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2020 -
Some cities in and near the Inland Empire have already put a hold on new warehouses.
— Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023 -
Any member has the power to put a hold on any nominee for any reason.
— Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023 -
Curry said officers put a hold on the package and went to the FedEx drop spot to collect it before the scammers did.
— Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2020 -
Many volunteers put a hold on volunteering which was the right choice for them.
— courant.com, 9 Apr. 2021 -
People can use the app to reserve a spot for someone who needs shelter for the night — an outreach worker can put a hold on a bed for an hour — or a meal.
— Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Dec. 2021 -
If the three-judge panel refuses to put a hold on the enforcement of the subpoena, Trump's lawyers will be forced to ask the Supreme Court to prolong the legal fight.
— Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2020 -
The novel coronavirus pandemic put a hold on the hiring process last spring.
— Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 27 Oct. 2020 -
But due to the referees’ lockout, the league put a hold on their implementation.
— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2024 -
The city council at the time voted on a 4-3 margin to put a hold on implementing any new standalone sidewalks.
— Ryan Nickerson, Houston Chronicle, 19 Sep. 2020 -
The companies asked for a court order because of concerns that the AMCC did not have the authority to put a hold on the proceedings.
— Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 23 June 2023 -
But that put a hold on Commerz Real’s strategy to increase its U.S. holdings.
— Peter Grant, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022 -
But the pandemic has put a hold on most of those newsworthy developments.
— New York Times, 7 Jan. 2021 -
In response to the increasing rate of new cases, Gov. Kate Brown put a hold on reopening procedures for seven days.
— Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, 18 June 2020 -
The attorney general could put a hold on the daily fines at the request of the local government while the monument is being restored.
— Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 25 Apr. 2023 -
When the pandemic put a hold on in-store shopping, one of the leading complaints about online shopping was the inability to try things on before spending the money.
— Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2022 -
Its bankruptcy filing had put a hold on litigation against it.
— Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2023 -
The former president's legal team appealed the matter to a higher court and asked Chutkan to put a hold on her order while it is further litigated.
— Robert Legare, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023 -
Just one senator can put a hold on legislation to keep it from advancing quickly.
— Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 13 Mar. 2024 -
Abbott has also put a hold on elective surgeries to make sure there is plenty of room for new cases in hospitals and medical centers.
— Fox News, 26 June 2020 -
However, a federal appeals court put a hold on Carney’s ruling late last year, allowing the law to go into effect while the challenge plays out.
— Peyton Sorosinski, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Biden unilaterally put a hold on any new tariffs on Chinese solar made in those four Southeast Asian nations.
— Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
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