keep pace

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1. Also, keep up. Go at the same rate as others, not fall behind. For example, The teacher told his mother that Jimmy was not keeping up with the class. Shakespeare had the first term in A Midsummer Night's Dream (3:2): “My legs cannot keep pace with my desires.” [Late 1500s]

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keep pace

Mexico had standout and inspired performances from Erik Lira, Gilberto Mora and Roberto Alvarado, but its lineup struggled to keep pace with English players trained at elite European clubs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Meanwhile, lower-income Americans with fewer assets are falling behind, as their spending growth fails to keep pace with inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

"The limitation came from the deprotection chemistry, not from the silicon. That leaves a clear next step for the field -- develop a more direct acid-driven deprotection chemistry that can keep pace with the chip."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

In a bid to keep pace with the flow of new money, leveraged funds have bought some $300 billion in derivatives linked to single stocks and indexes since the end of March, Barclays analysts estimate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Toads only raced to music, specifically classical music, and winning depended not just on speed but on how much they could keep pace with the rhythm of a song.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

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