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as in acted out
to behave badly
a toddler crying and carrying on in the store
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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
Honey would sit in the back reading books and doing homework while meetings carried on around her.
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Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The standard-length base Ryder LT has a total payload of 1,140 kg (2,500 lb), 1,000 (2,200) of which can be carried on the flatbed itself.
—New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
All games will be carried on ESPN+.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
At the same time, as images of first strikes on the UAE started to circulate Saturday, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships carried on as scheduled with finals, although a number of players are now stuck in the country waiting for flights to resume.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
Red Wings games are expected to be carried on FanDuel Sports Detroit through the end of the season.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
The Italian carried on at Spurs for another 13 months before finally being put out of his misery after his much more memorable rant at Southampton in March 2023.
—Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
The show carried on after Bruce’s exit with a Tribal Council on day 3, and Maddy Pomilla became the first person actually voted out of the game when Brandon Cottom played an idol so his one vote against her sent the 28-year-old charity projects manager home.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Saturday’s game will not be carried on FanDuel Sports Sun.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The standard-length base Ryder LT has a total payload of 1,140 kg (2,500 lb), 1,000 (2,200) of which can be carried on the flatbed itself.
—New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
All games will be carried on ESPN+.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
At the same time, as images of first strikes on the UAE started to circulate Saturday, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships carried on as scheduled with finals, although a number of players are now stuck in the country waiting for flights to resume.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
Red Wings games are expected to be carried on FanDuel Sports Detroit through the end of the season.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
The Italian carried on at Spurs for another 13 months before finally being put out of his misery after his much more memorable rant at Southampton in March 2023.
—Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
The show carried on after Bruce’s exit with a Tribal Council on day 3, and Maddy Pomilla became the first person actually voted out of the game when Brandon Cottom played an idol so his one vote against her sent the 28-year-old charity projects manager home.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Saturday’s game will not be carried on FanDuel Sports Sun.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carried on
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Like other states around the country, Tennessee was closing its public psychiatric hospitals, and mentally ill people who acted out were simply being jailed.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Administration officials have argued Ross acted out of self-defense, alleging Good was impeding federal law enforcement.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
18 Jan. 2026
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Perez and immigrant rights groups say these issues have persisted, if not worsened, despite federal inspections conducted under Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s standards.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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And none of them have ever changed the laws or constants of physics in a way that has persisted to the present day.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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And yet, Trump has also managed to avoid complex questions about those issues — the most pressing before his administration — and despite Democrats and some of his own supporters lashing out over them.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Gibb managed to get to 17 points, but finished just 6 of 22 from the field.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Mar. 2026
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The strikes have targeted at least 123 headquarters, barracks and local bases operated by Iran’s paramilitary organizations, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Basij militia.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Mostly out of necessity, Ukraine developed cheap interceptor drones known as the Sting system, which are operated by pilots who can guide them to crash into Shahed drones, forcing them to explode.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
7 Mar. 2026
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In one story, the king, Hiranyakashipu, ordered everyone in his kingdom to worship him and was irked when his own son Prahlad, a devotee of Lord Vishnu, disobeyed his command.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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In the internal report, an ICE agent wrote that Martinez appeared intoxicated or impaired and disobeyed verbal instructions to stop and exit his vehicle.—
Bayliss Wagner,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 Feb. 2026
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All schools will be open, breakfast and lunch will be provided, and all students will be properly supervised.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Mojtaba Khamenei was selected by Iran's Assembly of Experts, comprised of 88 clerics and supervised by the 12-member Guardian Council, which acts as a watchdog for Iran's constitution.—
Claire Day,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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During the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Kurds were marginalized and repressed and sometimes rebelled.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Laughing Storm rebelled against the crown, but the short rebellion came to an end after Dunk and Lyonel engaged in single combat with Dunk emerging victorious.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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In addition to the raw numbers, the county calculated deaths per 100,000 using an average of the 2024 and 2025 estimates from the annual point-in-time count conducted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Officers froze the area around the vehicle and conducted limited evacuations of buildings in the vicinity while the department's bomb squad assessed the device.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Carried on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carried%20on. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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