keep up
Example Sentences
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Average hourly earnings rose 3.1% from a year earlier, indicating that pay continues to struggle to keep up with inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Speaking in an exclusive interview in Amsterdam, Elena Zhemkova also vowed to keep up the fight for human rights in Russia, despite her group being declared illegal and herself forced into exile.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Meanwhile, the food industry has tried to keep up with consumers’ interests in things like protein and fiber, as wellness trends and increased GLP-1 use reshape diets.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
"Eventually I found I just couldn't keep up and would be spending hundreds, often on people I didn't know at all," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
I knew she was feeling guilty for having to keep up Ba’s lie.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
