carried

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Last Christmas, US and Nigeria carried out a joint airstrike in Nigeria's Sokoto state targeting IS-linked groups.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

On Christmas Day, the United States, in collaboration with Nigerian authorities, carried out airstrikes in northwestern Sokoto State targeting fighters from the IS in the Sahel group, usually active in neighbouring Niger.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

To investigate, researchers used information collected during two major seafloor experiments, one carried out in 2008 and another between 2019 and 2022.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Another senior figure predicts no-one would even stand against Burnham because he has so much momentum, "he'll be carried south for a coronation".

From BBC • May 16, 2026

“I may be blinder than any bat, but I got me a government-issue rifle. It was the one my husband, Mr. Hamline, carried when he fought with Captain Lilly’s Eighteenth Indiana Light Artillery at Chicamauga.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck