be carried

Example Sentences

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If the U.S. is to go deep in this World Cup, it will be carried there on Christian Pulisic’s shoulders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

They don’t want this to be carried out to its fruition.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

AI enables traditional cyberattacks to be carried out at greater scale and speed, and networks need to be hardened to address the threat.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Police Scotland said a post-mortem examination would be carried out in due course.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The piers did not project, but against each lay a little accumulation of flotsam, from which driftweed and sticks continually broke away to be carried through the bridge.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams