12
keep at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, advance, keep)
12
maintain(verb, support, stop, hold, force)
11
hang in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, advance, maintain)
11
hold out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, time)
11
insist(verb, hold, take, order, maintain)
10
keep(verb, stop, restrain, overcome, continue)
10
sustain(verb, hold, advance, keep, maintain)
8
stick(verb, join, continue, experience, endure)
7
bide(verb, stop, hold, delay, continue)
7
dwell(verb, stop, continue, stay, endure)
7
extend(verb, advance, maintain, delay, continue)
7
prolong(verb, advance, maintain, delay, continue)
7
run(verb, keep, continue, stay, extend)
7
stick to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, work)
7
subsist(verb, move, keep, overcome, continue)
7
tarry(verb, stop, delay, continue, stay)
6
obtain(verb, move, hold, continue, endure)
6
go(verb, take, work, turn, proceed)
6
prosecute(verb, support, force, maintain, oppose)
6
stand(verb, stop, hold, take, go)
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