carried away
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In another, a limp man partly covered in a blanket was carried away in a stretcher.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
“Sometimes I get carried away, my wife says,” Woods said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
"The risk is that he's being carried away too quickly," Wolff said.
From BBC • May 3, 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
But now his thoughts had been carried away from the dark Mines, to Rivendell, to Bilbo, and to Bag End in the days while Bilbo was still there.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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