Applying
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Both words in one sentence
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But Jake seemed to angle the blade upward and Sam may have fallen unconscious due to a puncture of the chest wall resulting in an open pneumothorax, where applying a plastic dressing sealed on three sides may help to keep air from continuing to enter the wound.
- Final Fantasy XIV has status ailments occur in shorter intervals if you keep applying the same type to the same target over and over again.
Source: Diminishing Returns for Balance
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