keep step

Example Sentences

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While shares in top energy companies have risen since mid-2017, they have failed to keep step with recovering crude markets, opening up a historically unusual performance gap.

From Reuters • Jan. 5, 2018

Unlike so many defensive midfielders, he has a raw pace to keep step with the fastest attacking players in the league.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2015

Leaders are the ones who keep faith with the past, keep step with the present, and keep the promise to posterity.

From Forbes • Dec. 30, 2014

Within the United States, government regulation has also failed to keep step with new technologies that allow scientists to alter viruses and even synthesize new ones.

From Washington Post

The material civilization of the foreigners changes from day to day; we attempt to imitate it, and we find it difficult to keep step with it.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony