Cradle
Cradle verb - Hold or place in or as if in a cradle.
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
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Tony has to cradle Rhodey and use his own Silver Centurion suit as a heat shield to keep Rhodey from being killed, and Tony is able to get Rhodey medical attention as soon as they reach civilization.
Source: Comicbook / War Machine - Of course it's a corpse that you keep in the cradle
Source: Lyrical Dissonance / Alternative -
Cat's Cradle, by the same author, has a religion created by two men to keep a country happy.
Source: Becoming the Mask
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