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Last Thursday, he was flown to Traverse City, where he has been holed up in a hotel room ever since — still anxious about what's to come.
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Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2024
Maybe that’s why the likes of Justin Bieber and Harry Styles have holed up here.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Faced with death threats, the high priest holed up inside the Black House’s walls, which were occasionally peppered with gunfire.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
He’s holed up with his family and servants at their palatial estate on Egg Island, waiting out the pandemic while hammering out fiery newspaper columns demanding the government shut down businesses to protect the working class from the spread of influenza.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
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Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2024
Maybe that’s why the likes of Justin Bieber and Harry Styles have holed up here.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Faced with death threats, the high priest holed up inside the Black House’s walls, which were occasionally peppered with gunfire.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
He’s holed up with his family and servants at their palatial estate on Egg Island, waiting out the pandemic while hammering out fiery newspaper columns demanding the government shut down businesses to protect the working class from the spread of influenza.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
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