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[keep] / kip /






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The hairstylist and stay-at-home dad said that giving the agents names has helped him keep track of their assigned tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

It is impossible to keep the South Africa's coshing scrum power out of the game, however.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Or is it only after someone is dead that we can take a critical look at their life, eliminating the chance to keep the subject part of the conversation?

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

In March, Physical Intelligence developed what it called Multi-Scale Embodied Memory, which allows its model to keep track of tasks for up to 15 minutes and correct mistakes — a significant feat.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

Sela sifted through her beads while I picked green flakes of paint from the table in a pointless attempt to keep my mouth shut.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Robin keeps up the pretence for their landlords, which created the comedy and made it acceptable watching for a pre-watershed 70s audience.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Internet content production is one of the few growth categories left in a Los Angeles production landscape that keeps shrinking.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Beijing keeps tight control over media access and information, and foreign journalists are restricted from reporting in Tibet.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Mwb keeps a hold rating and a 100-euro target on Symrise stock.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Avery’s playlist keeps me company on my second lap around the nature trail, and then I listen to the audiobook for laps three and four.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Only Charlton in 1998-99 and Huddersfield Town in 2017-18 had kept clean sheets in each of their first three league games after promotion to the Premier League.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Four years later, he commanded the forces that kept Gen. Cornwallis pinned down at Yorktown until reinforcements arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Selena didn’t have the benefit of time; but in the years since her death, her music has been kept alive, replayed, reinterpreted, and remixed, so that new generations continue to celebrate her Tejano roots.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

The chip maker’s annual product cadence has also kept it at least one chip generation ahead of competitors, he added.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

“Sure,” I said, recognizing that I already kept the two sides of my life neatly separated.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"We take our time and freeze water slowly, keeping it in motion... That's how we end up with good ice," Kazuhiko Kuramoto, the firm's fifth-generation head, told AFP at their Kanazawa factory.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

But my job, what I prioritized, is keeping it light.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Morgan analysts said in a client note last month, is the “largest bottleneck” keeping the industry from scaling.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

Toss Master Kyle Mathews, co-organiser of the event, said an official tournament geologist had been appointed this year, leaving no stone unturned in keeping the 400 challengers in order.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Structures built of metal are keeping them alive.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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