carried away
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However, the AI tended to get carried away, for instance referencing my toddler in every insight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
“Sometimes I get carried away, my wife says,” Woods said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
"A key finding from this research is that about 10 per cent of the energy released as matter falls in towards the black hole is carried away by the jets," Dr. Prabu said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
But if its AI vision doesn’t work out, expect it to join the list of examples of when investors got carried away by a mania.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
The mud-caked dress and shawl she carried away as soon as Lyddie shed them and plopped them directly in a pot of boiling water on the black iron cook stove.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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