Desert
Desert verb - To leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another.
Maintaining is an antonym for desert.
Maintaining
Both words in one sentence
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In the Homeworld series, while Hiigara falls under this trope, Kharak is only partly habitable, being a harsh desert planet that only the poles are comfortably habitable, while maintaining .98g gravity and breathable atmosphere.
Source: All Planets Are Earth-Like - In Desert Heat, Jessie Hogan spitefully spits a large stream of tobacco juice onto the floor of a pawn shop he just finished extorting, maintaining eye contact the entire time.
Source: Spiteful Spit
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