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[keep] / kip /






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That doesn’t mean the trade can’t keep working in the short term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

She shifted her stance days later, telling ABC7 she would keep him until 2030, after his five-year term had expired.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

“I think that everybody needs to understand that if women aren’t at the table, things are going to keep happening like that,” she told The 19th.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

"However, given the Department for the Economy's position, we have no choice but to keep the position under review," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

She plans to keep going until she can’t anymore, and that’s just what she does.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“From where advertisers sit, Google’s search auction keeps getting more expensive as AI changes how people search,” Andy Hendricks, head of search at Grey Matter, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

He also keeps things like chlorine dioxide tablets, which are often used to make water from streams or rivers safe to drink.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Working out how that happened may reveal why evolution keeps arriving at the same solution.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

He keeps me in line especially when I have to travel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Eyhhh-dah,” he says, and his breath travels around the room, slips across Mama’s shoulders, then her waist, and it keeps going out and about so that everybody gets wrapped in its warm softness.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

While the museum has largely kept mum, Sytner, an 82-year-old Liverpool native based in Italy, has gone to great lengths to persuade collectors and experts of his car’s singular authenticity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Several years ago, the 55-year-old, who lives in eastern Oklahoma, noticed that her trips to the Dollar General DG 1.70%increase; up pointing triangle kept costing more than she had added up in her head.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

They said they recognised the changes the trust has implemented following Eleanor's death, but these had to be "used properly, kept under review and make care safer for other children".

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

"Whenever we tried the experiments we normally use to study retrons, they would fail, so we kept having to think of new ways to figure out how these retrons work."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

We kept the shop open, not because anyone was interested in watches, but because people wanted to see Father.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

There was talk before Saturday's match that Alonso was keeping his plans to start Estevao against Manchester United under wraps, having faced questions from the media about the winger in the build-up.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

“The Department remains committed to transparency and to keeping the public informed,” the spokesperson, Officer Jeff Lee, wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

With chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak and chief executive Ferran Soriano keeping a close eye on proceedings at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, the City manager has issues to address across the pitch.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

They include a coal-fired power plant with three giant smokestacks, keeping the lights on throughout the remote region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

She smiled and nodded back as she walked by, keeping one hand tucked casually in the pocket of her suit.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu


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