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  • noun Plural form of carrying.

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Examples

  • "Before we even stepped off the curb, we see the tear gas and all the carryings on," said Ms. Maloney.

    'Front-Row Seat on the Revolution' Charles Levinson 2011

  • Half the problems we have today are caused by an excess of attention to the opinions and carryings-on of people who have in no way earned the right by achievement or election or any other criteria to be heard on any subject at any time, let alone kowtowed to.

    Think Progress » GOP Sen. Dick Lugar rebukes Cheney criticism of Obama as ‘unfair.’ 2010

  • The network said 8.45 million total viewers tuned in to the show, which chronicles the carryings-on of a group of hard-partying, 20- and 30-somethings at a beach house on the Seaside Heights, N.J., boardwalk.

    BEST RATINGS EVER AP 2011

  • The network said 8.45 million total viewers tuned in to the show, which chronicles the carryings-on of a group of hard-partying, 20- and 30-somethings at a beach house on the Seaside Heights, N.J., boardwalk.

    BEST RATINGS EVER AP 2011

  • "Bein ', as I say, innocent of such carryings on, I'd no idea what he meant, though it seemed a bit strange to me, the way His Grace was always wanting to pat me like a wee dog and was so interested in what I might ha' in my sporran."

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • Can't they wait until they leave public office for all these carryings-on??? proud army and navy mom

    GOP congressman will not seek re-election after affair revealed 2008

  • As far as the Credit committee and the general investigation into the strange carryings-on of the late Sir Caspar Railton in the 1930s were concerned, things remained very active indeed.

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • Given the carryings-on of the night before, I had expected most inhabitants of the castle to lie late the next morning, possibly staggering down for a restorative mug of ale when the sun was high-assuming that it chose to come out at all, of course.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • Right now, the carryings on are beginning to look to me like a grievance pageant, and I'm ashamed to say, the women in the picture have really tilted the frame that way.

    Clinton Campaign Manager To Obama Team: Help Get Michigan And Florida Counted 2009

  • Were these times any other than the politically charged times they are, the subsequent media firestorm set off by Miss Prejean's carryings-on would be similarly laughable.

    Michael Rowe: Regarding Miss California, At Least Anita Bryant Could Sing 2009

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