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[keep] / kip /






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But you don’t get or keep a job as a “professional forecaster” by sticking your neck out, so their expectations will presumably adapt to reality slowly.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

"I think, 'I've got to keep improving' and that's why I've sustained it for so long," he says.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

“There is no biological reason. The vacuum of space is the harshest environment you can possibly imagine to keep humans alive in.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The sign from the universe, I realized, wasn’t to keep holding onto him.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

I say this knowing it’s likely a promise I won’t be able to keep, but I need to get her off my back.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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