How to Use take hold in a Sentence
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The shift has partially reversed a trend that took hold after the Iran war broke out.
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Max Zahn,
ABC News,
2 July 2026
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The shift reflects a new perspective that is taking hold across the luxury market.
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Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
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Baltimore will already be around 90° by noon as the hot weather pattern takes hold of the forecast.
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Rachael Jay,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
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The phrase took hold before the World Cup during a news conference ahead of the Liga MX playoffs.
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Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2026
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To keep that anxiety from taking hold, work on career assets that are uniquely yours, like your network, reputation and expertise.
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Chris Dobstaff,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Pilots lose champions and progress fades, not because the technology failed, but because ownership never fully took hold.
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Umair Javed,
Forbes.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Still, the circular design took hold in the popular imagination, giving it added meaning this anniversary.
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Kelsey Ables,
The Atlantic,
3 July 2026
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Aviation reshaped commerce only after airports, maintenance networks and air traffic control took hold.
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Charles Beames,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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On Day 4, one of tennis’ more familiar rules took hold, American hopes were set for the July 4 weekend and the upsets of last year gave way to chalk.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
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New reporting by the Guardian documented this emerging gig taking hold at manufacturing facilities around the world.
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Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
1 July 2026
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The Boston Red Sox star hit a three-run home run in the first inning, smashing the ball over the Green Monster at Fenway — and then his emotions took hold.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
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The company may be showing some signs of financial stabilization, but sustaining a turnaround will depend on whether change takes hold throughout the entire organization.
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Andrew Staples,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
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To some extent, the 2026 festival was a retrospective of the late twentieth century, when modernist strictures were loosening and a more expansive, pluralistic mentality was taking hold.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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Ultimately, sustainable transformation takes hold when people are not only supported by culture and technology, but also personally invested in the collective success of the organization.
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Wayne Berson,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
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With his last film exploring Goodbye Julia exploring the events of 2011 when South Sudan broke away from the north, his new drama is set in Sudan in 1983 as Sharia Law takes hold.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
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