carry out

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Recent Examples of carry out The California duo had intended to carry out their attack on May 9, per the sheriff, but reversed course after one of them backed out of the plan. Christina Coulter, People.com, 16 May 2025 Listen to this article Once again, President Donald Trump is seeking a vast increase in immigration and border enforcement agents to help carry out his mass deportation plans. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025 According to authorities, the group sought to radicalize and recruit teens to carry out attacks using Molotov cocktails and improvised explosives. Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2025 Our government continues to give Israel billions in military aid with which to carry out these atrocities. Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for carry out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry out
Verb
  • The house not only supplied the actresses with clothes, jewelry, accessories and makeup, but also provided a portion of the budget to allow director Olivier Assayas to fulfill his dream of shooting the movie on 35-mm film instead of digitally.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
  • But the recent tariff cut has given them a chance to ramp up shipments from China and restock their warehouses and fulfill existing orders, supply chain experts say.
    Anniek Bao,Dylan Butts, CNBC, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • The group is getting ready to perform Broadway show tunes on May 31 at the Library’s Community Room.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • Ancelotti is the epitome of a man-manager, able to empower his players to perform to their best of their ability without requiring too much tactical instruction.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Action: Recommending or autonomously executing optimal decisions based on those insights Think of intelligence as foresight, like knowing product demand will spike next week.
    Keith Moore, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Vulnerabilities result from programming errors found in webserver software that, when exploited, allow attackers to execute malicious code in the browsers of people visiting an affected website.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2025
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  • Meanwhile, a bloc of moderate Republicans is demanding no reductions in Medicaid benefits – a requirement experts say would be impossible to meet while achieving Republicans' spending-cut goals and other GOP priorities.
    Riley Beggin, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • The character has gotten a promotion and is achieving this new dream.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • Like the Kearns have done, families could split into different rooms, as well, depending on the age of their children.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 12 May 2025
  • Additionally, if there are any steps that are confusing, now is the time to do the research or watch a video.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
Verb
  • Airlines are making a ridiculous amount of money by selling you the promise of avoiding a middle seat or exploiting your separation anxiety or your claustrophobia.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • The incident was reported Friday at 6:36 a.m., and the latest update regarding this incident was made available on Friday at 7:06 a.m. Reports of a crash on eastbound I-70 There has been a crash on I-70 from 11th Street/Exit 2 to I-670/I-70/Exit 2.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • Tatum was carried off the court with 2:58 remaining in Monday night’s game.
    Kyle Hightower, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
  • Tatum immediately called timeout himself and was carried off the court.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • Putin’s proposal came after more than three months of diplomacy kick-started by Trump, who promised during his campaign to end the devastating war swiftly — though it’s been hard to pull off.
    Mehmet Guzel, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
  • That’s quite a trick to pull off with a generationally great pitcher on the roster for four more seasons.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 14 May 2025

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