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Regulars had their usual jotted down in shorthand and kept in a folder to be used as soon as they walked in.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Raya has kept the most clean sheets of any goalkeeper in Europe's top five leagues, with his 22 across all competitions four clear of Inter's Yann Sommer.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

But the more detailed survey data indicate that the party’s core voters have moved leftward and kept going.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

If oxygen levels were wrong while the core was forming, the planet may never have kept enough phosphorus and nitrogen in the places where life could use them.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

A light snow lay on the ground and it was hard to find the sticks and twigs with which a small stove was kept going in each room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom