Maintain
Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.
Run out
Run out verb - Use up all one's strength and energy and stop working.
Both terms in one sentence
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Enemy archers never run out of ammunition and maintain a rate of fire that only repeating crossbows can compete with, and they can target invisible characters by sound.
- In the life cycle of larger stars, when they run out of hydrogen in their core to produce energy, stars start fusing other elements in order to maintain itself.
Source: Cold Iron -
Various versions of the Amazon myth invert this, with the isolated community of female warriors ensuring that they maintain a sizeable population and do not run out of soldiers by kidnapping males from the outside world.
Source: Abduction Is Love
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