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sustain
verb as in keep up, maintain
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They took me in and helped sustain me in the days that followed.
A winning team may pack the stadium, but you need that packed stadium to get top recruits and sustain victories.
How long can they sustain this momentum without falling victim to the same pitfalls as nearly every other long-running series?
Those were the very ills that you wanted to defeat, not help sustain.
Duhozanye has the land and the need, but lacks the $300,000 it will cost to build and sustain.
She was therefore prepared to sustain her part in the drama Routemberg was bringing on the tapis.
The ability to sustain the tone for a long time will increase, and with it the power of the muscles exercised.
Whenever a marriage can be set aside for some illegality, and is not, it will sustain her dower on his death.
Previous to this hour the Girondists had wished to sustain the throne, and merely to surround it with free institutions.
Those required to sustain life and preserve decency, besides other things to maintain her in her social condition.
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On this page you'll find 235 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sustain, such as: assist, bolster, buoy, continue, defend, and help.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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