keep up
Example Sentences
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"I can't run enough events to keep up with demand," Robertson says.
From BBC
He maintained a strong and tender marriage, despite his fling with Kahlo, and tried to keep up with the times during breaks from work on his biography of Stalin.
It can’t hope to keep up in the long run with investments that compound, though.
Hart keeps up a steady stream of anecdotes and witty repartee, but increasingly the mask slips; underneath it all is the yawning realization that he is utterly alone.
From Barron's
After my marriage my sister Katie still kept up the séances.
From Literature
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