Maintain
Withstand
Withstand verb - To refuse to give in to.
Maintain and withstand are semantically related in keep topic. Sometimes you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Withstand".
Nearby Word: withstanding
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Humans maintain their old allegiances after surrender, and withstand isolation from their own kind for many weeks, and generally act in ways only a "rogue" fi' would.
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Car doors are mostly plastic with a thin metal plate on the outside, designed to maintain its structure against broad and wide pressure of another car impacting it, but most certainly not designed to withstand bullets.
Source: Concealment Equals Cover
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