Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Rationing
Both words in one sentence
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Having written a lot of checks his ammo supply can't cash, he's been carefully rationing his remaining shots to keep his followers from questioning him, while frantically trying to think of a plan that'll keep him "from being trampled by an angry mob" (in his words).
Source: Do with Him as You Will
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