maintain
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Sodium-ion batteries also maintain strong performance under load in cold conditions, making them attractive for stationary energy storage systems and mobile applications operating in colder climates.
From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026
While using a formal process to change leader was "better wherever possible", this needed to be balanced against the need to maintain the government's authority "through any processes that may unfold", he said.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
Switzerland's foreign ministry said Saturday that envoys "from various countries currently present are continuing their efforts to maintain the dialogue", declining to offer further details.
From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026
“The main aim of building costumes for Lestat was to maintain an element of the unachievable,” Wood said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
They lacked the financial means, the technology, and the social organization to maintain colonies so far from Europe.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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