Continue
Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
Usage example: the heavy snow continued throughout the night
Wind up
Wind up verb - To come to an end.
Usage example: her speeches usually wind up with one last joke
Both terms in one sentence
- And as if THAT weren't bad enough, if you wind up dying, your teammates just give up fighting, even if they're still healthy enough to continue!
Source: SNK Boss / Other Fighting Games - If they appear in most (or all, in some cases) episodes and get more appearances than even some of the show's regular characters yet continue to be recurring, then they'll wind up being a Fake Guest Star.
Source: Recurring Character - One easily can wind up in the unfortunate situation where the high performers do all the work (and often burn out on it from the stress) and are surrounded by marginal performers who do nothing but continue to receive a paycheck every month.
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