carried away
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It is surely too early in the season to get carried away, and there are likely to be bigger tests ahead for Mikel Arteta's side.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
One man had his hands joined in a gesture of thanks or prayer as he was carried away in a stretcher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Sapkota said he no longer has "any hope that they survived", after witnesses saw them being carried away by the torrent.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Yet he was rightly not getting carried away following his first Premier League win.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Then it was during recalling the early Harlem days that Malcolm X really got carried away.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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