Assist
Assist noun - An act or instance of helping.
Stay
Stay noun - A temporary residing as another's guest.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the miniseries of the rebooted Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin demonstrates her loyalty to humanity by ordering her (unarmed) ship to stay and assist refugees even when two Cylon Raiders approach.
Source: Out-of-Character Moment -
The power suit doesn't really make him super human, so much as gives him just enough of a muscle assist to stay in the game.
Source: Handicapped Badass -
In the Heaven's Feel route of stay night, Sakura uses this power to overwhelm the majority of the Masters and Servants, taking Saber and Berserker back out to assist her genocidal rampage.
Source: The Corruption
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