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"text": "The plane flew in a holding pattern for half an hour because one runway was closed.",
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"A path taken by an aircraft waiting to land."
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"(aviation) A path taken by an aircraft waiting to land."
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"sense": "path of aircraft",
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"word": "vyčkávací obrazec"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "path of aircraft",
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"word": "wachtpatroon"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "path of aircraft",
"word": "odotuskierros"
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"sense": "path of aircraft",
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"word": "Warteschleife"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "path of aircraft",
"word": "várakozási útvonal/kör/rendszer"
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"text": "This project is in a holding pattern until all the parts arrive.",
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"ref": "December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian",
"text": "All of Sellafield is in a holding pattern, trying to keep waste safe until it can be consigned to the ultimate strongroom: the geological disposal facility (GDF), bored hundreds of metres into the Earth’s rock, a project that could cost another £53bn.",
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"Any failure to advance; useless or unproductive activity."
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"(idiomatic) Any failure to advance; useless or unproductive activity."
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"word": "wachtstand"
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"sense": "failure to advance",
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"text": "All of Sellafield is in a holding pattern, trying to keep waste safe until it can be consigned to the ultimate strongroom: the geological disposal facility (GDF), bored hundreds of metres into the Earth’s rock, a project that could cost another £53bn.",
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"Any failure to advance; useless or unproductive activity."
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"(idiomatic) Any failure to advance; useless or unproductive activity."
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "path of aircraft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vyčkávací obrazec"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "path of aircraft",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "venteposition"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "path of aircraft",
"tags": [
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"word": "wachtpatroon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "path of aircraft",
"word": "odotuskierros"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "path of aircraft",
"word": "odotuskuvio"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "path of aircraft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Warteschleife"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "path of aircraft",
"word": "várakozási útvonal/kör/rendszer"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "failure to advance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wachtstand"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "failure to advance",
"word": "pito (olla pidossa)"
}
],
"word": "holding pattern"
}
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