Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Wring
Wring verb - To get (as money) by the use of force or threats.
Common collocations
| power | keep power | wring power |
| characters | keep characters | wring characters |
| money | keep money | wring money |
| information | keep information | wring information |
| Other words: hands. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Decade's portion of Movie War 2010 had some very thinly veiled dialogue that rather blatantly means "we're going to keep crossing over with things as long as the network can wring money off us".
Source: Cash Cow Franchise
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