as in surviving
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as in prevailing
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as in carrying out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrying through
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Ilko argues that the players’ respective physical features challenged the prevailing European system that emphasized whiteness.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026 -
Big spending on behalf of cryptocurrency also seeped into Tuesday’s primaries in Illinois, with only one of the super PAC Fairshake’s four preferred contenders prevailing.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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Guardsmen are also carrying out civic duties like picking up trash, tending to landscaping and scrubbing graffiti.—
Steven Beynon,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Shoshani also claimed Hezbollah was attempting to send operatives toward Lebanon's border with Israel, and that Israel would continue carrying out strikes for as long as necessary to eliminate the threat.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The film stars Samara Weaving as Grace, who finds herself, and her estranged sister, played by Kathryn Newton, the target of another murder spree after surviving a brutal, ritualistic near-death experience from the first film.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Krebs says that the humans with the best odds of surviving in the wild are children.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
19 Mar. 2026
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There’s also an early credits that’s scene that’s worth sticking around to see.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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Another experienced pro or a smart assistant GM on the rise — and would the latter have enough credibility to sway Matthews on sticking around?—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Amid all that, Varsity Blues — about a Texas high-school football team rebelling against its abusive coach and holding on to one last gasp of glory before graduation — got a little lost.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2026
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Also, Southern California visits Nebraska with both sides holding on for dear life.—
Jordan Mendoza,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Edwards will finish the season with a career low in games played, having already missed four games with a right hamstring strain and a total of six games over three different stretches with a lingering right foot injury.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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That said, with the Cboe Volatility Index still lingering in the 20s, this is not the time to go heavy.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Carrying through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrying%20through. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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