Breaks
Remain
Remain verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Both words in one sentence
- Mr Davis breaks down and admits his racism, but even having won, Mr Egozian quits his job, feeling that he couldn't remain there.
Source: Reality Ensues / Literature - Most relevant in the cases of Lucia, who swears to remain a virgin if she's saved from a threat and Gertrude, who breaks her vow with a local nobleman.
Source: Literature / The Betrothed - Meanwhile, Norrie has enlisted in the military, and breaks into a top-secret holding facility to find the rest of the Dome's survivors, all of whom remain infected by the Kinship.
Source: Series / Under the Dome
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