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Coventry also kept their best players, rebuffing Sheffield United's bids for Bobby Thomas while Milan van Ewijk stayed despite Wolfsburg interest.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Iryna, who was staying with her mother in the family's apartment, says the phone kept ringing overnight.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

"She won it for England on Tuesday, and she's kept the game in England's advantage today. Brilliant concentration from her."

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

My parents’ and grandparents’ generations ran barefoot outside, eating and exposing themselves to things that transformed their microbiomes, the trillions of organisms living in and on their bodies that quietly kept them healthy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Tall Tailless kept blundering into hazel bushes, as if he couldn’t see.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver