Grip
Maintain
Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Carnegie feels that with the bible, he can use it to maintain his iron-grip on the town.
Source: Film / The Book of Eli - Indiana can't maintain his grip on her gloved hand, and she ultimately plummets to her death.
Source: Not So Different / Film -
The mercenaries, alongside corporations' gigantic Arms Forts, maintain corporate grip and crush any remaining dissidents on the surface.
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