keep at

Example Sentences

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“But if you keep at it for a while, you can get a really good product out of it,” Kanekar added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Maye says he and his teammates just want to keep at it.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Ukraine has learned to safeguard this trade by using naval drones to keep at bay Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Until then, he says, he will keep at it himself: "This is my ideal. If you have this ideal, you must persist. You can't not."

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

He was probably twelve or thirteen and only saw Vonetta and Janice as pests he could both mess with and keep at a distance.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia