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I’d been friendly with the group before, but now we were bonded for keeps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025

"Penny Lane is in our ears and in our eyes - and this time it's for keeps."

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s players are making a strong argument that interim head coach Jim Leonhard deserves to have the job for keeps.

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2022

He said this third coaching farewell is for keeps.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2022

She went to a public library and asked the librarian how she could get a Shakespeare and a Bible for keeps.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith