Executing
Executing noun - Putting a condemned person to death.
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Both words in one sentence
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However, when he's about to be executed by the Taliban and one of the Pashtun invokes Sacred Hospitality to keep him alive, we're briefly given subtitles so that the Taliban not executing him would be reasonable and not seem like a Deus ex Machina.
Source: Film / Lone Survivor - Security, with the Chantry and Templars advocating locking up all of the mages in Thedas in towers and watching them 24/7 and arresting/executing any out of this system for things that they might do, in order to keep the greater population of the continent more secure-feeling in their safety.
Source: The Needs of the Many - This goes from hunting Rin, provoking a small war with Yuuka and nearly executing Remilia for her failure in Imperfect Metamorphosis or spiriting away selfish kids to destroy the balance of Gensokyo in order to keep the place busy and prolong its lifespan in Diamond in the Rough (Touhou).
Source: Knight Templar / Fan Fiction
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