Both words in one sentence
- It retained the name even after it was bought by a chemical company and filled in to hold it waste products.
Source: Artifact Title / Real Life - Prize Bubbles (the items that hold new collectibles, like stickers and objects to use in level creation) are stil retained even if the player has to restart a level.
Source: Check Point -
Eventually, the Japanese won out, overthrew the current government, and retained an iron hold over Indochina in the face of Communist, Chinese, and Western Allied attempts to liberate the region... until the Japanese surrendered.
Source: Useful Notes / Vietnam
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