retain
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The Anfield club spent £415m last summer on six players - the highest outlay in a window by a British club - in a bid to retain their title.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Previously, charities often duplicated health programs and lured trained government workers into higher-paying jobs with aid agencies, making it difficult for her government to retain skilled staff, Atwine said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Because the silicon layers retain their crystalline quality, the resulting devices maintain strong performance and reliability while remaining safely within the thermal budget required for monolithic integration.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
Paris St-Germain underlined their status as one of European football's greatest ever teams by becoming only the second club to retain the Champions League.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
The Haudenosaunee people today retain a fully functioning confederacy, similar to what they had before European arrival.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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