carry
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They also carry serious risks, including amputation and death, making it increasingly important to understand why they can be so resistant to healing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
If Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is to be believed, America will soon gain the dubious distinction of joining the only four countries on the globe that carry out executions in public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
“The real yield on inflation-indexed bonds is now about 3% — a pretty good yield — and I think that inflation pressures carry it forward.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
"I can understand entirely why they did that, but they did not seem to appreciate that uploading and manipulating images of children in this way can carry real privacy and safeguarding risks."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
We followed the road to the top of a steep hill, and by then Mutti could carry Karli no farther.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Penetrating a well-placed camera can get analysts closer to targets and carries less risk than infiltrating even the canniest secret agent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Smith called the project "a multi-decade commitment" that carries "an obligation to be a good neighbour".
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
It carries a picture of the Duchess of Sussex with Malala Yousafsai, saying the pair had a "cosy Claridge's tea".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
It also carries information that directs the new DNA to a precise location within the T cell genome.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Ray carries Boo out to the truck, and I get her buckled into Lou Ann’s car seat.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Barlinnie was known for being a notoriously tough prison, where prisoners carried out hard labour, breaking rocks from a local quarry.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Material leaving the brown dwarf followed trajectories that carried it directly into the star.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
It also saves him from making turns, which is easier on a nagging hip injury he carried in college.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
They carried rookie pinch-hitter Josue De Paula and pinch-runner/utility player Hyeseong Kim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
I didn't like the way he did it;he could have carried it, after all.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
They departed at 7 a.m. on Aug. 17, carrying only two light backpacks with their computers, jewelry, some clothes and a little food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
"We thought the kids would be excited at carrying their backpacks. Yeah, they're not onboard with that," laughed Dani.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
A laser-generated antenna could offer a different approach, potentially allowing spacecraft to create and adjust antennas without carrying the same kinds of mechanical structures.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
After a more than 27-hour return journey, the Dragon capsule carrying Crew-12 landed safely in the Pacific Ocean, according to space agency NASA's live broadcast.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The August Danneman in my mind was more comfortable around animals than people, carrying a pocketful of birdseed that trailed from the holes in his pocket.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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