Kept
Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.
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Promoted
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- His rationalization: "It's me doing it." Put it this way; Vimes is a Cowboy Cop who kept getting promoted.
Source: Cowboy Cop / Literature -
It wasn't until All Japan absolutely needed him after the NOAH exodus that they let Tenryu return and New Japan smartly kept Hiroshi Tanahashi around when he promoted McDonalds.
Source: Celebrity Endorsement -
The Good Captain: Played with, since, although he kept the moniker "Captain Atom," he was actually promoted to major in the USAF after the Invasion storyline.
Source: Comicbook / Captain Atom
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