Exist
Keep up
Keep up verb - To continue to operate or to meet one's needs.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- The bike's presence there is the unexpected part, not that it could exist in the first place - it just appears out of nowhere so the two of them can keep up with their enemy.
Source: Deus Ex Machina / Video Games - Lesbian Vampire: All female Dracul, as well as the Society of Lesbian Vampires, who assassinate outed vampires to keep up the illusion that vampires don't exist.
Source: Tabletop Game / Bleak World -
Fantasy Kitchen Sink: Not only do they all exist, but every single one of them that was not a human teamed up to keep up the illusion that they don't.
Source: Roleplay / Ryugu Academy
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