keep at

Example Sentences

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“We have all these song ideas from all these years, and we just keep at it. Knowing we’ve got another record to do keeps us going.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The Securities and Exchange Commission just moved to drop the “pattern day trader” rule that required frequent traders to keep at least $25,000 equity in their margin account.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

In effect: Set it and keep at it.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

"There's no career progression. I've almost kind of plateaued in the hope that I can keep at the job that I currently do."

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Then, to keep at a distance dogs or men, he took a sharpened lance, and went to rest under a hollow rock where swine were sleeping out of the w ind and rain.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer