1
as in to hold on
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as in to lay on
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keep (on)
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The best way to protect yourself during an earthquake is to drop, cover and hold on, officials say.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 May 2026 -
He’s currently being held on $50,000 bail.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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Burke continued a strong series for Sox starters, following up Noah Schultz’s six scoreless innings Friday with six scoreless of his own.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Yet cross-cultural influence continues to be a key subject of art history, and quotation is still a commonplace practice in contemporary art.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Thousands gathered at the former maximum security facility to see the Joliet Slammers take on the Gateway Grizzlies.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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In credit, anti-money laundering (AML), and fraud, errors are difficult to undo, demanding continuous monitoring as agents take on more ambitious tasks and their behavior shifts.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Fred, their oldest surviving child, was suspended from Princeton for cheating, then caught embezzling from his Seattle employer to feed, Church suspected, a gambling habit.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Sox survived a scare in the ninth.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Westin also produced an RBI single, while Augustana recruit JT Iles came through with a two-run double for the Thunderbolts (9-11), who with the win retained the Zabrocki Cup — the traveling trophy for the rivalry.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The country also retains significant tanker capacity — equivalent to roughly 37 very large crude carriers — both inside and outside the blockade.—
Anthony Di Paola,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Mira entered the middle of the circle, pirouetting and curtsying, kicking her leg above her head.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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This approach is dangerous and kicks the can down the road in creating problems that our children and grandchildren will be forced to deal with.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Many analysts and economists are thinking along similar lines, with Deutsche Bank Research Institute recently prompting a proprietary AI tool to forecast what jobs its AI brethren would eliminate, and how.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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The old De Lane Lea production facility studio was up the road; the coffee shops were full of jobbing actors and post-production staff.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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But a vast disconnect often persists between brand strategies and factory actualities.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
30 Apr. 2026
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From the players who persisted through injuries to play to the ones with decisions to go or stay, Brandt Clarke, Drew Doughty, Andrei Kuzmenko and Scott Laughton all discussed their futures.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Keep (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keep%20%28on%29. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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