carry
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The Breedon Group, owner of Taff's Well quarry, said it would support the authorities and carry out its own investigation.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
That includes paying the balance of the school’s lease to the district and supporting local groups to carry on some services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
These populations can carry Denisovan ancestry totaling as much as 4%.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Evangelos Tournas said gale-force winds created "extremely difficult conditions resulting in many cases where aircraft either cannot draw water or cannot carry out drops due to extreme turbulence."
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
“We don’t have the money now,” I admit, glancing quickly at Theo to make sure I’m speaking correctly—I can’t imagine he would carry this kind of money on his person.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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He said: "A line has been crossed here. If European football stands united against these plans, that carries a great deal of weight."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
This misperception carries profound consequences and is currently rippling through our world, eroding trust, deepening isolation and creating a social environment in which empathy is swiftly becoming an atrophied muscle in desperate need of exercise.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
As sweat evaporates from the skin, it carries heat away.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
A cast member carries a box of chocolate frogs through the train.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Este closes the lid of her laptop and carries her iced tea glass to the sink.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Recent cyberattacks carried out autonomously by two rogue OpenAI artificial intelligence models raises an untested legal question: who is responsible when AI acts on its own?
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Carlson’s Geological Survey team found fires are burning more intensely as a result of dry conditions and are getting carried by stronger winds — both of which decreased the odds of homes surviving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
His friend and a cousin carried in two fence rails said to have been split from logs by Lincoln, and he became the “Rail Splitter”—“a living symbol of frontier democracy,” as Mr. Earle puts it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The AI models were being tested on their hacking skills and carried out the attacks by breaking out of seemingly secure 'sandboxes' to search the internet for ways to complete the tasks set by researchers.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
He carried the can of dough balls on a piece of twine around his neck.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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Lai is carrying a torch lit by her husband, Collin, who died last year at the age of 96 after years of fighting to make the park a reality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Prosecutors initially alleged he intentionally damaged the newly renovated surface, a felony offense carrying a potential prison sentence.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
A person with more LDL carrying particles may face a greater risk of heart disease, even when their total amount of LDL cholesterol is the same as someone with fewer particles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Wednesday's strike, the first drone attack on Egyptian territory since the outbreak of the Middle East war, has not been claimed and Egypt has not accused any group or country of carrying it out.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Mama was carrying her suitcase in one hand and Daisy’s old crutch in the other.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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