Continuing
Continuing adjective - Going on and on without any interruptions.
Maintain and continuing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Continuing".
Maintain
Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.
Continuing and maintain are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Continuing" with "Maintain", this verbs are similar.
Both words in one sentence
- Instead, continuing to make the same mistakes and maintain the same unlikable traits (which are, if anything, amplified due to Flanderization) from season to season.
Source: Status Quo Is God -
Later comics have him switching to a modern diesel-electric train, or continuing to maintain the steam engine altmode well into the aughts.
Source: Steam Never Dies -
Samantha Moon of the Vampire for Hire series clings to her humanity, taking in most of her blood from butcher's shops and insisting on continuing to maintain a semblance of normality, dropping her kids off to school in the morning and picking them up afterwards.
Source: Friendly Neighborhood Vampire
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