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While the bison do help keep back some of the invasive grasses, Dennhardt explains that they create wallows and cause erosion.

From National Geographic Jan. 18, 2024

Oxfam said it understood workers' frustrations, but that its reserves had fallen, and it needed to keep back funds to weather financial shocks.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2023

But I didn’t understand that was useful to keep back then.

From New York Times May 24, 2023

As harsh as it sounds, there are certain places where it will not make sense to spend lots of money trying to keep back the tides.

From Washington Post Sep. 18, 2022

You’d think to hear her that there wasn’t but one supper in the world, and that was the one she had to keep back a few minutes on my account.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner




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