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as in acted out
to behave badly
a toddler crying and carrying on in the store
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2
as in persisted
to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement
she bravely carried on despite the loss of her husband
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as in managed
to look after and make decisions about
carries on a business and still manages to run the household
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Recent Examples of carried on
Bosch has carried on regardless, and still views the UK as an attractive place to do business.
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Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
In the medieval era, blood feuds carried on for generations; likewise, today’s wars are often rooted in centuries of pain.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Not the basic counting, which carried on, but the analysis sitting on top of it.
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Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Their momentum carried on, ending the half with 2-0.
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Zuri Primos
june 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
The Allmans carried on, with the post-Duane Brothers and Sisters album propelling them to genuine superstar stature.
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David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
Revellers in Baghdad and Muscat carried on similarly.
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Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
As per the tests carried on behalf of the company, MST enabled more than a 10x reduction in parasitic channel charge, reducing a key mechanism of RF power loss and supporting improved high-frequency GaN device performance.
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Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
But while the Ritz carried on in the same splendid fashion as always, the Crillon blasted off in search of something new.
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Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
In the medieval era, blood feuds carried on for generations; likewise, today’s wars are often rooted in centuries of pain.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Not the basic counting, which carried on, but the analysis sitting on top of it.
—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Their momentum carried on, ending the half with 2-0.
—
Zuri Primos
june 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
The Allmans carried on, with the post-Duane Brothers and Sisters album propelling them to genuine superstar stature.
—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
Revellers in Baghdad and Muscat carried on similarly.
—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
As per the tests carried on behalf of the company, MST enabled more than a 10x reduction in parasitic channel charge, reducing a key mechanism of RF power loss and supporting improved high-frequency GaN device performance.
—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
But while the Ritz carried on in the same splendid fashion as always, the Crillon blasted off in search of something new.
—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carried on
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Eventually, the rewrite and actors workshop rehearsal combined — a two-week period in which Jones, McCormick, Wilde, Rogen, Cruz, and Norton acted out, improvised scenes, and, most importantly, talked about characters.
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In the video, Allie dramatically acted out both sides of the conversation, capturing the feeling of trying to extract a straightforward answer from her mom.
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But Joe and Fred persisted, and more than 20 years later they were proved right.
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But disagreements over the strait have persisted.
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Australia managed a whopping 14 touches in the opposing penalty box; Paraguay mustered six.
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Morocco managed a draw with Brazil in its group stage and was the surprise team of the 2022 World Cup, finishing fourth — the best-ever performance by an African team in a World Cup.
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However, all of the city’s fire stations seemingly disobeyed the mayor by lowering their flags.
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The group says Ensign misled courts, disobeyed court orders and failed to intervene when lawyers under his supervision engaged in misconduct.
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Pakistan has operated as a major mediator in US-Iran talks since a ceasefire was first announced.
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Zelenskyy issued a decree on May 26 naming a military unit of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA, which operated during the 1940s and 1950s and has been accused in Poland of mass killings.
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Ever since the Haitian revolutionaries first rebelled against the French in 1791, the proslavery and imperialist powers of Europe and the Americas had a special interest in ensuring that Haiti failed.
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Jane rebelled against Marge’s efforts to manage her choices, especially on whom to date.
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But Simón supervised three months of rehearsals prior to production with most of the cast, all of which the director filmed on her Handicam.
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That enables Cadence’s system, which is supervised by physicians, to alert a clinician when a patient is deteriorating before a stroke or heart attack, for example.
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And of course, Peterson not playing would have made some wonder if the McDonald’s All-American’s hamstring had acted up again.
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“Carried on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carried%20on. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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