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carry on about





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He might carry on about growing up in Wyoming as the son of a forest ranger or what he learned graduating in the top quarter of his law school class at Pepperdine.

From Washington Post Dec. 15, 2022

As the generals and policymakers carry on about different approaches’ perceived benefits to national security, there has been precious little dialogue on what an unashamedly humanitarian refugee approach to the Afghan withdrawal might look like.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2021

Not to carry on about this, but when social media punctuates a post with #Steinered, it sadly means the listener is bewildered about what just happened.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2019

“I doubt the English see this as something to carry on about, particularly at a moment of the Scotch independence drive,” he said.

From New York Times Aug. 25, 2014

“Sorry, Amelia, but if I let you carry on about her moral duties when the girl plainly has no notion of them herself, this conversation will last all night.”

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson




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