keep count
Example Sentences
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They keep count as Raffy whacks a baobab fruit eight times or note which arm he uses to do so -- although chimps are normally left-handed.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
“I don’t keep count, I don’t keep stats,” Biles said at a Tuesday press conference, before her second gold win of the Paris games, per People.
From Salon • Aug. 1, 2024
Where was her boy now, she wondered, the kid with the sweet smile and ears that stuck out, who loved to run and had so many friends she couldn’t keep count?
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024
PC Mawdsley urged livestock farmers to keep count of their stock, to check their fields for tyre tracks, check fence structures and install CCTV.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023
Miss New Mexico listed things off, using her fingers to keep count.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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