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While extra rain can bring flooding and landslide risks, it can also keep vegetation moist, lowering the potential for wildfires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

"The council has been pushing for new powers to keep pavements clear and has welcomed the government's decision to grant councils new powers," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

But if you assume that momentum will keep working long term, while you also worry about the occasional reversals, a reversal is a positive, not a negative.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

That is likely to continue, meaning that shifts in investor positioning will keep conditions volatile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

I keep close, grateful Father is a big, strong, unsmiling man.

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

Academics say they cannot work out why “momentum” as a so-called “factor” keeps working.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

The technique helps drive sales across all parts of the store and keeps growth steady.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Urbanova, meanwhile, also hopes her success is inspiring and that she keeps up her record-setting streak.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Nolan keeps them at a much greater distance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Kumu Whitman points to the cupboard where he keeps the paper towels and spray cleaner.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

But even as he was preparing for that role, he kept up his business activities.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Edison kept the idle transmission line in place despite not using it for 50 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Her hands kept very busy. They sliced the air and made karate chops to mark off boundaries.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The charity fears the abandonment could be the first of many following legislation introduced in April which requires all primates kept as pets in England to be licensed.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

I remembered that it was in the shed next to Tomi’s stable that Uncle Manfred kept all his tools, all the harnesses, chains, ropes, everything.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

The Bank of England has held UK interest rates at 3.75% four times, keeping them at the lowest level since February 2023.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The 33-year-old has won 67 caps for his country and played every minute of Argentina's eight World Cup games, keeping two clean sheets and conceding eight goals.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

It’s part of a broader change in Nolan’s telling: His Odysseus has far fewer sexual entanglements than Homer’s, keeping his devotion to Penelope more firmly in the foreground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Summer keeps getting hotter, but record temperatures aren’t keeping runners from their daily jogs or fall marathon training.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

When Maggie had realized that the Kanes were keeping her letters away from Elisha, she had packed up and arranged passage to go to him.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock