Kept and Pushed

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Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.

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Pushed is an antonym for kept.

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Kept is an antonym for pushed.

Nearby Words: push, pushy, pushing, pusher

And of course in this case the person being pushed as the Face of the Band is only just the singer, while Joan Jett is the true Face hence why she kept her music career going.

Source: Deconstructed Trope / Film
Sonic Adventure 2 really pushed this with Live and Learn; its lyrics, beats, and melodies kept popping up all over the game.

Source: Leitmotif / Video Games
To make her more cut and muscular, he pushed her to take steroids, which kept her a tad unstable.

Source: Creator / James Cameron

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