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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
withhold . - adjective That one has withheld;
kept from thepossession orknowledge of another.
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Examples
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The FBI first learned in January that Ahmed and an associate, whose name was withheld from the filings, were asking about contacting a terrorist organization to wage "jihad" overseas, Dayoub wrote.
Suspect in Metro plot aspired to kill troops abroad, FBI says Spencer S. Hsu 2010
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The FBI first learned in January that Ahmed and an associate, whose name was withheld from the filings, were asking about contacting a terrorist organization to wage "jihad" overseas, Dayoub wrote.
Suspect in D.C. Metro bomb plot sought to fight U.S. troops overseas, records say Spencer S. Hsu 2010
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Yet government testing of seafood and worker safety has been woefully inadequate and much of the data has been withheld from the public.
Peter Lehner: Six Months After the Spill, What We Still Need to Do to Prevent Another Disaster Peter Lehner 2010
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The FBI first learned in January that Ahmed and an associate, whose name was withheld from the filings, were asking about contacting a terrorist organization to wage "jihad" overseas, Dayoub wrote.
Suspect in D.C. Metro bomb plot sought to fight U.S. troops overseas, records say Spencer S. Hsu 2010
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Yet government testing of seafood and worker safety has been woefully inadequate and much of the data has been withheld from the public.
Peter Lehner: Six Months After the Spill, What We Still Need to Do to Prevent Another Disaster Peter Lehner 2010
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We find that the claim is based on dubious assumptions, cherry-picking data, and mathematical legerdemain which is inexplicably being withheld from the public.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Many Global Deaths from Arms? 2010
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It withheld from the American public evidence of the Iranian regime's continuation of terrorist activities and other actions contrary to US national security interests.
Allan Gerson: When Governments Fail to Disclose Material Facts Allan Gerson 2010
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Apparently there are video tapes, but they -- and the police report -- have been withheld from the press.
we get letters matociquala 2009
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We find that the claim is based on dubious assumptions, cherry-picking data, and mathematical legerdemain which is inexplicably being withheld from the public.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Many Global Deaths from Arms? 2010
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The FBI first learned in January that Ahmed and an associate, whose name was withheld from the filings, were asking about contacting a terrorist organization to wage "jihad" overseas, Dayoub wrote.
Suspect in D.C. Metro bomb plot sought to fight U.S. troops overseas, records say Spencer S. Hsu 2010
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