maintained

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During dives lasting more than 400 seconds at depths of around 80 meters, they maintained higher and steadier heart rates of 20 to 30 beats per minute for as long as 300 seconds.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

On both sides of the street, the sidewalk rises and falls, uprooted and cracked by shallow roots because over many decades, the trees were not properly maintained.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

The company maintained its 2026 guidance ranges, and Hope says Scotiabank’s estimates sit around the mid-point of those ranges.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The program’s current “rate of return” cannot be maintained.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Admiral Faucet maintained that no one could have survived the journey across the sea in that tattered balloon, especially a person with no balloon-flying experience.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood