as in to transport
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
the beauty of the music carried him away
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Recent Examples of carry away
The big picture: Towns were evacuated and whole homes were carried away by record-breaking floodwaters.
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Adam Tamburin, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
When the truck tipped over, the workers were carried away by the surging water from the nearby Nolichucky River.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
The rivers carry away billions of tonnes of earth and sediment, one grain at a time, over thousands of years.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Helene reached its peak as a Category 4 storm, and then dumped massive amounts of water on the mountains bridging eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, that carried away homes, businesses, roads and bridges.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
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Adam Tamburin, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
When the truck tipped over, the workers were carried away by the surging water from the nearby Nolichucky River.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
The rivers carry away billions of tonnes of earth and sediment, one grain at a time, over thousands of years.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Helene reached its peak as a Category 4 storm, and then dumped massive amounts of water on the mountains bridging eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, that carried away homes, businesses, roads and bridges.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry away
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Emergency medical staff transported her to a local hospital, where she was given further treatment before returning to Alameda that day.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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But the United States has not attempted mass arrests of migrants since 1954, when border agents rounded up more than 1 million people living in Texas and California and forcibly transported them to Mexico.Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024
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Today’s machines are elaborate video games and the secret to a successful game is immersion—keeping a player in the seat as long as possible entranced by with video clips on giant screens and loads of bonus reels.Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
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After working on set for so many years, visiting the Mayflower and the surrounding area during Gilmore Girls Fan Fest, which takes place annually each fall, was entrancing for Campbell.Rebecca Shinners, Architectural Digest, 19 Oct. 2024
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In essence, the Fed has satisfied its dual mandate of keeping inflation and unemployment low.Rob Wile, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Get The Recipe 16 of 25 Classic Pumpkin Pie Made with refrigerated pie dough, this richly spiced pie will satisfy the Thanksgiving purists.Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
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The keyboard’s trademark shallow key travel remains the same, which is a demerit for heavy-handed typists like myself but should delight light-touch Mac users who prefer little to no resistance when typing.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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A day care facility in Maine has delighted the internet by revealing which dog breed is the clingiest, and needless to say, anyone who owns a German shorthaired pointer can relate.Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In 2008, Yang arrived at NYU, set on a pre-med path in part to please his parents and in part to indulge his idolization of Sandra Oh in Grey’s Anatomy.Sarah Burke, Them, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recently, what pleased Strawberry was getting into the garage and breaking into the leftover cases of beer, causing Mullins to find the pet pig a little worse for wear.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Yet Mendes mostly sees a cheap, useful instrument in Deakins—a shortcut to rapture.A.A. Dowd, Chron, 8 Dec. 2022
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Monk’s story is peppered with supernatural details, talk of evil spirits and unaccountable noises, and even an extremely old nun who may or may not rapture herself to heaven daily.Mike Mariani, Slate Magazine, 22 Mar. 2017
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On the eve of the election, amid a bitter chill, Marisela Olvera, a member of the Culinary Workers Union, rapped on doors in North Las Vegas to make her pitch.Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the song, 50 Cent raps about his many violent enemies who wish him ill.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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