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As used in line 68, "hold" most nearly means

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Maintain
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Grip
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Restrain
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Withstand
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Solution

The correct option is A Maintain
Option A is correct answer as in the line History suggests that those will be hard lines to hold, and it may be difficult to persuade the public that barren environments are worth preserving. The sentence is contained of hold which here means maintain. Here in paragraph it is said that metals extraction of earth mining, water mining .

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