Failed
Kept
Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.
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- The hitmen that Sigurd hired to get Sasha's notes kept them instead and failed to kill her.
Source: Fanfic / Fairy Dance Of Death - By the end, one member of the team was dead and they utterly failed their mission because they kept rolling 1s, Spoony kept giving them the chance to recover, and they'd roll 1s for that too.
Source: Epic Fail / Web Original -
In The Undesirables, the prison cell Therapsid has been kept in since the failed invasion of Canterlot, while not luxurious, is very comfortable, and he's kept supplied with his every need.
Source: Gilded Cage
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