carried

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Carried interest payouts are commonly used to reward portfolio managers of private equity and other alternative funds, but less so for the industry’s corporate executives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Carried by Greek rower Petros Gaidatzis and then jointly with Italian cross-country skiing champion Stefania Belmondo, the relay began the countdown to the Winter Games, which will open on February 6.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

Carried the weight of the attack without Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood with the first Australian Ashes 10-wicket haul in 20 years.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

Carried hand to hand from one person to another, poured from vessel to vessel, the ingredients’ essence is maintained and protected, avoiding the contamination and abstraction of the super-processed supermarket product.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

Carried from his cottage, his coffin lay in the main hall of the house, where he and Gracy had been married.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis