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keeping

noun as in custody

noun as in consistency

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“I love it,” Armisen promises as our Zoom conversation goes over the hour mark and I apologize for keeping him.

“I pulled almost an all-nighter last night, so he’s been keeping us up,” he said, exhaling a light chuckle.

From Salon

Half of the parents surveyed were found to prefer a stricter policy such as banning smartphones or keeping them locked in pouches.

From BBC

Unite claimed there had been at least two bids to "buy and operate the site as a going concern keeping a full workforce".

From BBC

Others suggest that keeping Kemi Badenoch's Conservative party alive, or at least their share of the vote up, is needed to split the vote on the right.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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