carry
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Broadcast outlets have long had the option to determine whether to carry a presidential address.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
He has got a huge frame and figure for his age, bringing very early comparisons to Erling Haaland, which is a big tag to carry.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
In some parts of the Rhine, Western Europe’s principal economic artery, conditions have forced vessels to carry loads as little as 20% of normal capacity, raising shipping costs and disrupting the supply chain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Like most large international airports, Dulles has an internal train line to carry people from the terminal to the various concourses and back.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
I am wondering whether endings exist at all, or whether life is merely a series of pauses, breaths we take in before we move on, things we lose and things we carry.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
It’s a conflict that carries hues of classic rural-urban divides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
It also carries out regular testing and it states these have not identified any cause for concern.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
He ran for 27 yards in three carries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is a vast network of ocean currents that carries warm water northward from the tropics.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
She carries a big dish of the spicy chicken and rice and a bowl of yogurt to the dining table.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
By 2015, however, crippling anxiety and loss of control left him so overwhelmed that he carried a water bottle everywhere, terrified that he might choke on his own saliva.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The inquest heard a camera was mounted to the microlight, and tests were carried out with Ashman and Lomas flying the microlight with the camera.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Beard, whose beats carried hits like "La Grange" and "Sharp Dressed Man," had stepped back from touring last year after suffering unspecified health issues.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The skirmishes forced the U.S. and its regional allies to use more of their shrinking supply of defensive interceptors and carried high risks to Gulf energy infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
For two more incredible days and two more nights we were carried deeper and deeper into the land of our fears.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Lawyers for Clancy, who does not dispute carrying out the killings but has pleaded not guilty to murder charges, say she was experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Falcon 9 launched in January 2025 carrying Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander, a private mission that made a soft landing on the Moon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
When you think about someone eventually carrying on the “Survivor” legacy, is that something that excites you?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“That’s why we’re now carrying out this technical study with the idea that, if and when treatment is needed in the future, it will help inform the treatment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Like it should be carrying a sign and circling in front of the White House.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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