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keep in

verb

(intr; also preposition) to stay indoors
(tr) to restrain (an emotion); repress
(tr) to detain (a schoolchild) after hours as a punishment
(of a fire) to stay alight or to cause (a fire) to stay alight
(tr, prep) to allow a constant supply of
her prize money kept her in new clothes for a year
to maintain good relations with

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It has been kept in Westminster Abbey's library collection ever since, having only ever been used in service once.

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The internet has been unstable, so it is very hard to keep in touch with people inside the country.

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Six of eight activists who were kept in Israel after their boat was intercepted on its way to try to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza have been deported, the Israeli foreign ministry has confirmed.

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She later described the conditions of her detention as inhumane, and described being kept in a concrete cell with no blanket and limited bathrooms.

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The objects were mostly collected during the colonial era and kept in storage in museums all over the world, including Sweden - where the journey for this current social media project began in 2019.

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