Maintain
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- She does maintain contact with her mother, but even her mother expresses worry that she doesn't share anything with her and instead "keeps everything so bottled up."
Source: Used to Be More Social - No need to worry about assassination, the ability to maintain an iron grip on the world for as long as you like... However, he was in the minority opinion on that one.
Source: Living Forever Is Awesome - There's the bi-weekly kidnappings, frequent Parental Abandonment, being constantly lied to if your parent has a Secret Identity, being forced to lie to maintain your secret, and constant worry that your parent(s) or you will be killed by a vengeful supervillain.
Source: Superpowerful Genetics
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