as in suitcase
a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles
the airline allows two carry-ons per person
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1
as in to raise hell
to behave badly
a toddler crying and carrying on in the store
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2
as in to persist
to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement
she bravely carried on despite the loss of her husband
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3
as in to operate
to look after and make decisions about
carries on a business and still manages to run the household
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Recent Examples of carry-on
Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
Items commonly available include: Knives and Multi-Tools: Frequently confiscated due to carry-on restrictions.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
This season has been too disastrous, too injury-plagued and too disjointed to carry on into the future, right?
—Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The fantasy is showing up at the airport with your 99-year-old grandfather—cane in one hand and unconcealed, carry-on katana in the other—and accompanying him in an adjoining seat, like Uma Thurman and her sword in Kill Bill: Vol. 1.
—Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
Items commonly available include: Knives and Multi-Tools: Frequently confiscated due to carry-on restrictions.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
By processes that no one has fully defined—simultaneous evolution, or international sales of plants and bulbs, or fungal spores carried on the wind—lethal azole-resistant Aspergillus spread worldwide.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
This season has been too disastrous, too injury-plagued and too disjointed to carry on into the future, right?
—Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry-on
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The man carrying the suitcase of nuclear codes gets shot on the way to the aircraft; Xavier, who took off his vest to make sure that Cal had one to wear, scrambles back to get the critical information.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
25 Feb. 2025
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Imagine soaring over the Swiss Alps or exploring the vibrant depths of the Great Barrier Reef – without packing a suitcase or worrying about travel insurance.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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For people with core self-hatred, even when depression is treated, the self-hatred persists.—
Matt Villano,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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As the judge untangles the dueling narratives, one persists.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Feb. 2025
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Prior to the deal, Nexstar had already operated the largest set of CW affiliates of any station owner.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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Believed to be built in 1928, the building operated as the Jacobs Cleaners Building under owner Meyer O. Jacobs when it was listed in the Green Book.—
Justin L. Mack,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Gracie using Benjamin Bratt to act out self-defense moves on national TV?—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
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Vanessa Saba Listen to this article · 5:23 min Learn more By Christina Caron Feb. 20, 2025 When Jennifer S. Wortham was a teenager, her younger brother Patrick started acting out and getting in trouble at school.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The park service maintains and manages more than 400 natural, cultural, and recreational sites, along with about 26,000 historic structures.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Only two tracks have managed to lead the Hot Dance/Pop Songs list since its inception six weeks ago.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Instead of hospital beds, jail cells or the streets, Carroll Respite provides structured, medically supervised care for vulnerable individuals.—
Leslie Simmons,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
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The restoration was supervised by Ross Lipman and Jillian Borders, in consultation with Burnett.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2025
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There is some chance that the Court, which knows that its popularity and public trust are at historic lows, will fear that this President might contemplate disobeying a court’s order to issue citizenship documents, and choose not to test him.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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Stella explains that Damon lied about disobeying orders and that there have been trust issues in the past.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
9 Oct. 2024
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The administration also scrambled to rescind firings of hundreds of employees at an agency that oversees the nation's arsenal of nuclear weapons.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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An influential part of finalizing the decision was a ten-year exclusivity memorandum of understanding with the Italian craftsman’s organization Artisans of Florence, which oversees the operation of da Vinci museums across Italy, France, South Korea, Australia, and Brazil.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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