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In Delhi, in our rented place surrounded by dark, healthy soil, he made our garden flourish with happy peas, bright roses, lauki, bell peppers, chilies and so many varieties of beans we couldn’t keep count.

From Salon May 9, 2026

It’s nearly impossible to keep count of the “I love you”s exchanged during the pair’s rendezvous.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2026

They keep count as Raffy whacks a baobab fruit eight times or note which arm he uses to do so -- although chimps are normally left-handed.

From Barron's Jan. 15, 2026

PC Mawdsley urged livestock farmers to keep count of their stock, to check their fields for tyre tracks, check fence structures and install CCTV.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2023

They had been going for a long while — Pippin had tried to keep count of the ‘ent-strides’ but had failed, getting lost at about three thousand — when Treebeard began to slacken his pace.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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