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  • present participle of carry.

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He described the experience in his 1974 memoir Carrying the Fire, saying he felt "truly alone" and "isolated from any known life", but that he did not feel fear or loneliness.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

It turned into a full-time band that has released five studio albums and five EPs in the years since, with songs including “Human Carrying Capacity,” “Become a Machine” and “Call My Name.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Carrying two steaming cappuccinos from a popular American coffee chain on Thursday, Niels Berthelsen took the time to stop despite the icy cold winds whipping the streets of Nuuk, the Greenlandic capital.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Carrying credit-card debt has become increasingly expensive over the past several years.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

Carrying the pouch with his powders in it, he left the village and returned to the bush where he had been living before he became chief.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith




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