Keeping
Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.
Both words in one sentence
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The mayor was keeping the savage mammals imprisoned and hidden in order to prevent a panic while he attempted to cure them.
Source: Disney / Zootopia -
Food reserves are running so low that the syndicate has seriously considered cannibalism as a way of keeping the public supplied with enough food to prevent a total collapse of order.
Source: Crapsack World / Web Comics - The letters in the Anniversary chapter hint that the Order has been keeping a close eye on the protagonists, with Pyrrha in particular having a close watch in order to prevent the Darker and Edgier events of canon from happening.
Source: Fanfic / Weiss Reacts
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