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be carried along



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I suspect, though, that Robbie will be carried along on the wave of “Barbie” love — and justifiably so.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2024

The Losharik is designed to fasten to its underside, so it can be carried along for servicing, transport over long distances or — as may have happened on July 1 off Norway — rescue.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2020

So when Kenya had its first democratic election in 1992, it was easy to be carried along by enthusiasm for the new age.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2017

They are able to convey the singer from one bank of mortality to another and to offer listeners in need a promise that we will be carried along.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2017

Keep moving, and then he was on the boardwalk, and he slowed down, the ankle beginning to throb, and he let himself be carried along in the flowing crowd.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte




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