Holds and Urges

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Urges and holds are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Urges" instead a verb "Holds".

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Holds and urges are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Holds" instead a verb "Urges".

Brand, a local reverend, rebels at the ceremonial opening of a new church, holds a Rousing Speech, and urges his entire community to follow him on a desperate soul-saving crusade.

Source: Grand Unified Timeline / Second Industrial Revolution
In the manga version of Chrono Crusade, Chrono has a dream in which he's standing on a battlefield littered with bodies, and Aion holds out an outstretched hand and urges him to come.

Source: Dream Sequence
In one episode of Batman: The Animated Series, mobster Rupert Thorne is in his private gym, punching a bag while a henchman - named Dicky - holds it for him and urges him on.

Source: Kingpin in His Gym

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