carried away
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So let’s not get too carried away by the fact Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood are working as fast as they are in their late 70s and early 80s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
In another, a limp man partly covered in a blanket was carried away in a stretcher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
And now Antonelli has done exactly that, Wolff is already in the next phase - keeping him grounded and focused on the job, and not getting carried away with things.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
"A key finding from this research is that about 10 per cent of the energy released as matter falls in towards the black hole is carried away by the jets," Dr. Prabu said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026
Yet there is a visible hole in the top, a small triangular opening the size of a quarter, where the iron either smashed or carried away the bone completely.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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