carried on
Example Sentences
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Those games primarily come out of the regional Sunday afternoon games carried on Fox and CBS.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
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
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
When I carried on orbiting the pond, he was back.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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