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keep

[keep] / kip /






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If oil prices keep rising, bonds may feel more pain, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Students who leave the program will be monitored for four years, a safety net meant to keep students who still need help with English skills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Beijing has helped too, said Lankov, noting China's preference to keep the status quo of the Kim dynasty by opposing potential instability from defectors or their supporters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Federal Reserve may need to keep policy tighter for longer, ANZ Research writes in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Hopeful, I keep my face blank, my palms on the table.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

He urges side sleepers to pick a position that keeps their back straight.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

A couple in Los Angeles keeps it in the back of their freezer just in case.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

"The rain keeps falling and we are doing our best. We are trying to pump the water out, but the water in canals are full," he said on social media.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Citi raises its target price to 57 Norwegian kroner from 48 kroner and keeps buy rating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

She keeps talking about how change is a positive force in life, how I should be open to new experiences.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

This past year, fear of immigration enforcement has kept some home and others worried about loved ones, De La Cruz Rosales said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

After the tree was felled, seedlings were kept in a secret National Trust centre to help preserve the legacy of the much-photographed landmark.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

“I was just dying, but I kept pushing,” McNulty said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham was being kept updated on the incident, a government spokesperson said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

He swung open the bedroom door to find the badger building a tower from the sticks Clare kept beside the hearth for kindling.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, tighter U.S. sanctions on Iran, shrinking inventories, and constrained refining capacity are keeping a firm floor under crude and refined product prices, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

They may also contribute to keeping symptoms active.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Winemakers also protected the grapes from the sun by keeping more foliage on than usual.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

It said the "vast majority of snagging issues are minor" and there was no evidence that quality standards were not keeping pace with the rate of housebuilding.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Every now and then, searchlights roam the sky, criss-crossing over each other and making us stop and throw ourselves to the ground, crouching low and keeping quiet till they’ve gone.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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