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You avoid leaving crumbs, clean up more frequently, and at worst, call the pest control, so you can go on about your life.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

"They'd go on about their credits," he told SiriusXM radio.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024

Instead, we’ll probably go on about our business until we one day notice an upgraded android in a store somewhere.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2024

Hence, as we hear Bowie go on about the older stepbrother who introduced him to artistic outsiders, photos of William Burroughs and John Coltrane drift onto the screen.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022

Tess said her mother always told her that “a watched pot don’t boil,” so the best thing to do would be to leave it alone and go on about their business.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds




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