A keep and dockyard were built on his orders to secure Castile's hold on the peninsula.

At the same time, the Zionists needed self-sustaining agricultural communities to secure their hold on the land and to distribute immigrants around the country.

The first concern Henry had was to secure his hold on the throne.

The Pirates proceeded to lose four of their final five games, securing the Cubs' hold on the pennant.

The Beatons had secured their hold over the lands of Dunbog.

His victory allowed him to secure his hold over Kerman and it became another one of his provinces.

And you sent Tairen soldiers north, to secure your own hold on the land.

The Ottomans' only interest was to secure their hold on the territory.

The myths that secured the family's hold on power also played a decisive role in ending it.

To secure their hold on power, some of the leaders in the Punjab goaded their army into a war against the British.