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as in holding on
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as in signing (up or on)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeping (on)
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Amid all that, Varsity Blues — about a Texas high-school football team rebelling against its abusive coach and holding on to one last gasp of glory before graduation — got a little lost.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Also, Southern California visits Nebraska with both sides holding on for dear life.—
Jordan Mendoza,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Whitney recommends using the first full day to absorb the energy of a new place while everyone is still running on adrenaline.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Mar. 2026
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To prevent knee pain while running on the treadmill, Saad suggests setting the incline to 1 percent to mimic running outside.—
Danielle Zickl,
Outside,
8 Mar. 2026
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Rocky, who has explored his sartorial aspirations in recent years by cochairing the 2025 Met Gala and taking on positions at Ray-Ban and Puma, was on trial a year ago for a 2021 shooting involving former friend A$AP Relli.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Kimber White, president of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers, credited Congress for taking on housing.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Hungary's nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of deliberately holding up oil supplies -- claims that Zelenskyy denies.—
LORNE COOK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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The company said growing demand for power, supply chain and other issues holding up new power sources and plant outages contributed to the need to keep Comanche 2 open longer than planned.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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When choosing between execution and life behind bars, jurors in capital murder cases must also decide whether there is a probability the defendant will be a continuing threat to society.—
Jamie Landers,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Paul is pulling double duty as both the next star of the ABC reality series, which was set to premiere on Sunday, and continuing star of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
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The film stars Samara Weaving as Grace, who finds herself, and her estranged sister, played by Kathryn Newton, the target of another murder spree after surviving a brutal, ritualistic near-death experience from the first film.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Krebs says that the humans with the best odds of surviving in the wild are children.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
19 Mar. 2026
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Nicotine replacement therapy appears to be essential in kicking the habit.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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After all these years, Liza is still kicking.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Keeping (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeping%20%28on%29. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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