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Recent Examples of along
Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Remains of six women – Barthelemy, Costello, Brainard-Barnes, Waterman, Taylor and Mack – were recovered along Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Doyle Rice, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
The energy is electric as previously demure audience members jump up and down, scream, and dance along in their seats.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
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Preposition
Afterward, bar-hop along Magazine Street, where the drinks and atmosphere shift block by block.
—Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Remains of six women – Barthelemy, Costello, Brainard-Barnes, Waterman, Taylor and Mack – were recovered along Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Adverb
Follow along for the latest developments.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
The energy is electric as previously demure audience members jump up and down, scream, and dance along in their seats.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for along
Preposition
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Administrators say those outcomes are consistent across cohorts, with Brown noting that improvements often extend beyond individual students and into their families and communities.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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All three unions that represent about 70,000 workers across the Los Angeles Unified School District had pledged to go on strike if any of the three did not reach a tentative agreement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Cass High officials said the school will carry forward Dean's commitment to students and his example of compassion and dedication.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The Senate plans to move forward with a narrow budget reconciliation bill to fund ICE and CPB for the next three years with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham leading the charge, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
Preposition
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The 60-year-old was anxious at the onset of the spring planting season, rattling off the long list of issues affecting his family’s livelihood at their 2,000-acre farm near Wahoo, Nebraska.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Few details have been released, but Miami police told CBS News Miami that shortly before midnight, officers received a ShotSpotter alert near the main stage in the area of Northeast 2nd Avenue and 62nd Street.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Then, as expected, from that initial value, the Universe’s entropy has been forever increasing from that point onward.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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Pregnant women from the second trimester onward should also avoid it, as the growing uterus can compress the inferior vena cava.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
Preposition
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Either way, this decisive energy favors clear asks and tangible action over chasing perfect conditions.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Some experts warn that, over time, climate change could worsen these leaks across the county in one of the most fragile aquifers in the United States.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The teams went back and forth doing nothing offensively prior to a tit-for-tat in the seventh inning that produced six runs, with the Padres up 4-2 at the end of it.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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And from this subtle motion that contained stillness at its core – somewhere inside this dense organism, this single entity – an intense flame burst forth and the women were ignited by rapture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
Preposition
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Afterward, Fanning continued to play girls forced to inhabit a maturity beyond their years, including in two films by Sofia Coppola, the auteur of precisely that theme.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Inflation is expected to accelerate in the coming months as aftershocks from the US-Israeli war with Iran spread beyond gas prices.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
Preposition
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Detective Heather Wilson became the lead investigator working alongside Lieutenant Mitch Sliger and Detective Jesus Tamayo.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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HubSpot built a media ecosystem alongside its software; media properties operate with editorial independence, and are monetized by converting audience attention into sales pipeline, not ad revenue.—
Jonathan Hunt,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/along. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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