Hold
Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
Led
Led noun - Diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used.
Both words in one sentence
- Subverted in that the concierge apparently doesn't hold the CIA in high regard and instead of a table they're led to an alley outside the restaurant where a vagrant pees on their feet.
Source: No Fame, No Wealth, No Service -
Two centuries later, this led to a very different German leader to hold out hope for a similarly unexpected stroke of luck at the end of his own war, but the gods wisely didn't smile on that bastard.
Source: Deus ex Machina - After all the boasting led the real Randur to be shanked, the impostor got a hold of the papers through some contacts.
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