carried on
Example Sentences
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Shares carried on dropping after CEO Hock Tan said on an earnings call that major custom-chip client Google was likely diversify its supply chain.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
"I maybe naively read this stuff, believed it and carried on".
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Those games primarily come out of the regional Sunday afternoon games carried on Fox and CBS.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 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
“I wanted to quit art school in my first semester, but did I? No. I carried on and went all the way through and got my master’s. And that master’s is feeding this family now!”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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