Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Lining up
Both terms in one sentence
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However, the enemies know there's a rogue sniper, so if alerted they move about almost constantly to keep you from getting a bead on them, and if at all possible they'll try to assault your position or flank you instead of lining up to get shot.
Source: The Guards Must Be Crazy - Magic, that is, pure, genuine, non-Dust-channeled magic, is so rare and horrifyingly powerful that an entire Benevolent Conspiracy exists specifically to keep people from lining up to slaughter its practitioners and steal it.
Source: Wrong Context Magic - Crazy Enough to Work: Everyone questions your sanity if you side with Nyall against your liege lord, but more and more fellow bannermen start lining up behind him, the odds are shifting in your favor until you aim for taking your region's keep... until R'nat Reyl backstabs Nyall in the last minute.
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