Citations:hold the line

English citations of hold the line

• 1966 November 29, “UN Expected To Hold Line On Red China”, in The Robesonian, USA, retrieved 29 August 2012, page 1:

  The UN General Assembly was expected to hold the line again today against seating Red China.

• 1992 December 9, “Business Loans Up”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 August 2012:

  The quarterly survey . . . said banks were holding the line on lending standards for commercial loans and were more willing to lend to individuals.

• 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Virmire:

  Think of our heroes: the Silent Step, who defeated a nation with a single shot. Or the Ever Alert, who kept armies at bay with hidden facts.
  These giants do not seem to give us solace here, but they are not all that we are. Before the network, there was the fleet. Before diplomacy, there were soldiers.
  Our influence stopped the rachni, but before that, we held the line. Our influence stopped the krogan, but before that, we held the line!
  Our influence will stop Saren! In the battle today, we will hold the line!

• 2010 July 2, Jay Newton-Small, “Amid a Political Standoff, the Unemployed Still Wait”, in Time:

  But the GOP lawmakers are happy to take home the news that they have held the line against deficit spending.

• 2023 August 31, Gina Raimondo, 0:49 from the start, in Commerce Secy. Raimondo says ‘we have to hold the line’ on tech export controls after China visit‎^[1], CNN:

  So you put your finger on how complicated and complex this relationship is, but we have to hold the line. I mean, on matters of national security, particularly things like artificial intelligence semiconductors, which, we are way ahead of China, and they want in order to expand/improve their military- there can be no room for compromise.