carried on
Example Sentences
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Ruhi Cenet was surprised when cruise-ship life carried on as usual aboard the MV Hondius, even after the captain announced the first passenger's death.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
"I got a sling and just carried on, then I went straight to hospital from the finish line," he says.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
She could have carried on playing for Chelsea - or potentially elsewhere - but says it would not have felt right.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
In later life, Ms. Wheeler writes, Morris dressed like “a Walmart version of the Queen” and carried on writing books when “she had little left to say.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The more Big Ma carried on, the more she got exactly what she didn’t want in the first place.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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