Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Lays
Both words in one sentence
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Zola lays everything out as a means to keep Steve and Natasha where they are until it's too late for them to escape.
- Their Queen lays eggs inside their victims, which keep their hosts alive until they hatch.
Source: Evil Evolves - He lays the praise singularly on the fact that the movie acknowledges its roots (unlike Transformers: ROTF or Star Trek) and does its best to keep things mostly within that territory.
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