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[keep] / kip /






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Powell’s situation is unlike either Eccles’s or Greenspan’s because he lacks an invitation or a strong desire to keep the job.

From The Wall Street Journal

Oil jumped during Asian trading hours as fresh tensions over Iran keep markets on edge, weighing on equities and fueling safe-haven assets to new highs.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Ukrainian would not be denied this time, a perfectly timed run and superb header bringing Benfica back from the brink to keep their European hopes alive.

From BBC

She said "worst case scenarios" existed where children were being kept in isolation away from friends and the classroom for months "without being suspended or excluded formally".

From BBC

SINGAPORE—Singapore’s central bank kept monetary-policy settings steady at its first meeting of the year, forecasting hotter inflation and relatively solid growth.

From The Wall Street Journal