How to Use go ahead with (something) in a Sentence

go ahead with (something)

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  • Christi cried and tried to convince Johnny not to go ahead with it.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
  • Caraacas rejected that order and plans to go ahead with the vote.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
  • Wealthy families who planned to make big gifts years from now are feeling pressure from the tax change to go ahead with it now.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The state wanted to go ahead with the plan, but only if Levy agreed to spearhead the effort.
    Anne Kadet, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The board members voted unanimously to go ahead with the plan.
    Rachel Abrams, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Our test scores came back with 91% approval, but Avex could not go ahead with it and told me to shop it around.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
  • You might be advised to reschedule, although some providers will go ahead with a Pap smear if your flow is very light.
    Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
  • King Charles, Anne's brother, permitted her to go ahead with the trip as planned.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Meta, as shown in its annual report this week, decided to go ahead with a warning.
    Steve Mollman, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • City Council has added three new members since last fall’s vote to go ahead with the project if grant money was received.
    cleveland, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Board members are also studying whether to go ahead with the design of a new rental car facility.
    Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But authorities are still planning to go ahead with the procession.
    Michel Luizet, Robb Report, 15 July 2024
  • If the Chinese go ahead with that, then theaters in the country will have to shine an even brighter spotlight on local movies.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Daniel makes the executive decision to bin it and go ahead with the shoot, cranking the gas up to 11.
    Jack King, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Ultimately, officials decided to roll the dice and go ahead with the launch.
    Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Many commenters urged the maid of honor to go ahead with her speech for the sake of Lucy and keep her words focused on her friendship with the bride.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Even if the brothers are not transferred to New York City by then, the judge plans to go ahead with the hearing.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
  • That was, after all, a major factor behind their decision to go ahead with a strategic review in the first place.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 May 2025
  • After that didn't work, Bankman-Fried allegedly decided to go ahead with the bribe.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
  • If the zoning appeals board were to uphold Roy’s decision, Oakridge would be able to go ahead with its plan.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
  • The show was only recently released, so there’s no word yet on whether Netflix will go ahead with a second season.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Some have suggested that an interested team should go ahead with the deal because Lillard would show up in order to get paid.
    Afentres, oregonlive, 6 July 2023
  • The demonstration was banned after unionists announced plans for a rival march, but the organizers resolved to go ahead with it.
    Megan Specia Andrew Testa, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • But Toho-Towa, which handles most universal titles in Japan, did not go ahead with the release.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 7 Dec. 2023
  • His sponsor encouraged Marmo to go ahead with his plans, telling him to just charge enough to pay his expenses in mounting the production.
    Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
  • The government had set a March deadline and was, until last week, ready to go ahead with the plan, indicating an urgency to mop up funds.
    Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Deliberations are at an early stage, details of a deal such as size and structure could change and the lender could decide not to go ahead with the stake sale, the people said.
    Baiju Kalesh, Bloomberg.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Fox executives previously said the network would not go ahead with the program if either of the guilds were still on strike at the end of July.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • The Breeders’ Cup held a special meeting and agreed to go ahead with the event after the track instituted many safety reforms.
    John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
  • In one, a large group of scientists debate whether to go ahead with using the bomb on Japan after hearing that Germany has been defeated.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 19 July 2023

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