Maintain
Wave
Wave verb - To direct or notify by a movement or gesture.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off: In the shooting script, Ferris sees himself as part of the second wave of this, and regrets that his parents' generation could not maintain their (supposedly) revolutionary ideals.
Source: The Generation Gap -
Our Presidents Are Different: President Jacqueline Irons is an Iron Lady, mildly corrupt and utterly determined to maintain and strengthen American power, and rides to power on a wave of populist and somewhat Luddite sentiment.
Source: Video Game / Choice of Robots - If the protagonists are upset by the fact that the God figure didn't use their powers to help them earlier, a Hand Wave of "You Didn't Ask" combined with having to maintain the Balance Between Good and Evil is often used.
Source: God Was My Copilot
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