keep at

Example Sentences

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“We have all these song ideas from all these years, and we just keep at it. Knowing we’ve got another record to do keeps us going.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Under 25-year-old rules, traders who borrowed money from their broker to make four or more day trades within five business days had to keep at least $25,000 in their margin accounts.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

In effect: Set it and keep at it.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

Until then, he says, he will keep at it himself: "This is my ideal. If you have this ideal, you must persist. You can't not."

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

The spike plunged into him, that familiar anxiety he worked so hard to keep at bay.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro