carried on
Example Sentences
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Every four or five days, the cans had to be sent to Mumbai for processing, while the crew carried on shooting without knowing exactly what they had captured.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Hollowed-out mangelwurzels are still traditionally carved with faces and carried on Punkie Night celebrations in Hinton St George.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Increase in the average weekly number of intermodal containers and trailers carried on U.S. railroads in August, to nearly 297,000, a new monthly high, according to the Association of American Railroads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Idris and producers carried on with Singleton’s vision when the “Boyz n the Hood” writer-director died of a stroke in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
He did not want to be carried on people's shoulders.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
