Keep
Proceed
Proceed verb - Continue a certain state, condition, or activity.
Keep is a synonym for proceed in continue topic. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Proceed".
Nearby Word: proceeding
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Skan and Amberdrake then proceed to feign boredom instead of interest to keep Hadanelith talking.
Source: Just Between You and Me - After you finish a volume you can keep playing even though the story won't proceed until you put in the next game.
Source: Playable Epilogue - If you do a spin dash and keep Sonic between those lights, the alarm will keep going off, summoning badnik after badnik which proceed to divebomb Sonic and get destroyed the instant they touch him.
Source: Schmuck Bait / Video Games
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