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[keep] / kip /






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Analysts say the interest-rate gap between the U.S. and Japan is unlikely to narrow significantly, which could keep pressure on the yen.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Behind it all is a desire to manage tensions between a superpower keen to keep its place at the top and a rapidly rising rival determined to make the 21st century a Chinese one.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

Diogo Dalot was one of the three players to keep their place.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Alphabet’s best strategy is to keep Gemini “good enough to remain at or near the frontier” while investing more into Google Cloud, he added.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

My mom raised me to know when to keep my sometimes-sassy mouth shut.

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

The theme is: It keeps going … and going.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

As more shoppers buy the store brands, the balance of power between retailers and manufacturers keeps shifting in the retailers’ favor, analysts say.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

He keeps firing questions at us and we do our best to answer.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Three years later, it's hard to believe VR just keeps getting more expensive when the Quest 3 felt like a turning point.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

But the thrill of figuring out the map, this mystery, keeps drawing me forward.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Coxon went to Cambridge, played squash and kept studying math.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Mbappe and Vinicius then removed their shirts before the pre-match handshake, while Konate kept his on for longer.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Boston Red Sox: A right quadriceps strain has kept All-Star center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela sidelined for two weeks.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

But it has kept carrying out strikes, and has restricted the entry of a range of equipment that it says could also have military use.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

“A whole orchestra,” we kept repeating to each other— somehow that seemed especially difficult to produce inside a box.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Both lads played a significant role in keeping us up.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

London City Lionesses defender Jana Fernandez has signed a new contract, keeping her at the club until 2029.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

“The economy is healthy enough to withstand a few rate hikes, keeping the Federal Reserve’s attention firmly on the upside risks to inflation,” wrote Michael Pearce, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The kind of slump that Hibs are in right now is entirely in keeping with what's happened at Hibs over the last half century.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

She smiled like someone who was used to keeping secrets, and she took a seat at the wide desk.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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