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The battalion held out for a week in the face of heavy enemy assaults.

You've held out for months, waiting and watching the market for some sign of a tablet that you think you'd like.

The Hongkong seamen held out for eight weeks since the strike broke out on January 12.

The president criticized the creditors, who he said held out for the prospect of an unjustified taxpayer-funded bailout.

Wenger was asked whether Arsenal held out for a higher transfer fee when negotiating the sale of Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona.

They held out for some hours in the face of our persuasive offers, but eventually they succumbed.

Mr Brown denied Tory claims that he should have held out for a top economic job in the European Commission to fend off protectionist forces.

His last trip came in March 2002 in the second group stage of the Champions League, when Liverpool again held out for a draw.

Cooke's four companies of guards there held out for seven hours against the fury of an army.

The valuable football player held out for more money before signing a new contract with his team.

Other states already offer same sex marriage but many couples held out for New York.

The strikers held out for a raise of five cents an hour.

Sperling and Reich, who was present at this meeting, held out for more investments.

Microsoft upped its offer to US$33 but the Yahoo board held out for still more.

The battalions held out for three months under siege.

It has been held out for more than 5 years as a promising technique in theory, but this is the first time it has been put into practice.

The town held out for four months under siege.

Two groups of countries held out for longer.

I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.

Several said they'd held out for years to buy it because they worried there would be quality problems if they purchased gray-market iPhones.

The people of Hechuan held out for 36 years on the Fishing Castle.