Clinging and Holding

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Holding and clinging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Holding" instead an adjective "Clinging".

Nearby Words: cling, clingy

Holding noun - A decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard.

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Clinging and holding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clinging" instead an adjective "Holding".

Nearby Words: hold, holder, holdout, holdback

Charles Atlas Superpower: One of the vid-comics shows Qwark stowing away on Nefarious' spaceship by clinging onto it for dear life, and survives the six-day space travel by holding his breath the whole trip.

Source: Video Game / Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Although it's not a literal rope, this is basically how Transformers Armada ends, in a rare case of it happening between enemies: Optimus Prime and Galvatron are about to be devoured by Unicron, and Optimus is the one clinging to a ledge with one and and holding Galvatron up with the other.

Source: Cut the Safety Rope

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