CARRIED THROUGH Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

carried through

verb

past tense of carry through

as in survived

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Crocker, who survived the 1983 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, said that at this point an unconditional opening of the Strait of Hormuz to all maritime traffic should be the objective.

— Monica Haider, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
What survived is a tax that raises little, exempts anyone with a bank account, and concentrates its burden on the sliver of senders least able to route around it.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of survived

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Behind that toll are individual losses, told here through what people carried out of the debris.

— New York Times, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Authorities carried out the evacuations from buildings on slopes and in low-lying areas within a kilometer radius of the disaster site, relocating over 1,100 people, Chongqing authorities said in a WeChat post published Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026

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Last month, Lindsey Graham, the longtime senator, prevailed over five primary challengers.

— Terry Collins, USA Today, 21 July 2026
Džumhur ultimately prevailed 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 7-6(4) in three hours and 42 minutes, but the incident was another example of players not yet getting to grips with how ELC works.

— James Hansen, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of prevailed

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Moraz moved on to the Moody Blues in 1978 and stuck around until 1991, when his acrimonious departure led to a legal battle with his former bandmates that played out on Court TV.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026
Popov’s friends eventually left but Popov stuck around and continued taunting Sibley and his friends.

— Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

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