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along or close at the side
We waited for the other boat to come alongside.
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Recent Examples of alongside
Colin Millar, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Thibodeau ultimately turned to Precious Achiuwa, who played the entirety of the Knicks’ failed fourth-quarter rally before Thibodeau attempted to go small with Landry Shamet playing alongside the starters.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
Samantha Reynolds, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Criminal tax cases generally are rare, legal experts have said, and the gun offenses are usually brought alongside other more serious charges.
—Zeke Miller, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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Preposition
The 32-year-old currently plays for Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia and has opened the door to once again playing alongside Messi and Suarez, who now both play for Inter Miami.
—Colin Millar, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Thibodeau ultimately turned to Precious Achiuwa, who played the entirety of the Knicks’ failed fourth-quarter rally before Thibodeau attempted to go small with Landry Shamet playing alongside the starters.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
Adverb
If an audience is skeptical or disconnected, storytelling can help bring them alongside.
—Samantha Reynolds, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Criminal tax cases generally are rare, legal experts have said, and the gun offenses are usually brought alongside other more serious charges.
—Zeke Miller, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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The team is planning more excavations next year, Betzenhauser said, as well as a geophysical survey, which measures magnetic differences in soil, and ground-penetrating radar.Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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Three of Florida’s public universities will likely select new presidents next year.Ian Hodgson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
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In counties along the U.S. border, sheriffs receive funding, through a FEMA grant program called Operation Stonegarden, to purchase equipment such as snowmobiles and squad cars for use in conjunction with Border Patrol.Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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Williams also said an investigation is underway on whether barricades along Bourbon Street were still up at the time of the attack.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 1 Jan. 2025
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This party might get a bit rowdy and Coote will allegedly fit right in.The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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All three victims were brought to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock by a 20-year-old Little Rock man who was driving the vehicle the victims were in at the time of the shooting, the release says.Ainsley Platt, arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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The statues of Assad and the posters of his face that adorned every public building lie on the ground, toppled, torn, spat and stomped upon, finally susceptible to his citizens’ loathing and contempt.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
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The overcrowding spurred more crime and unrest in the capital, making Black gatherings frowned upon.Sasha C. Wells / Made by History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
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Click here for more photos of the new Birch car-storage facility near London Gatwick Airport.Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024
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If all goes according to plan, Starship's upper stage will put NASA astronauts down near the moon's south pole on the Artemis 3 mission, which is currently slated to lift off in mid-2027.Mike Wall, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Suffolk County police said Highway Patrol Officer Brendon Gallagher was conducting a traffic stop at about 6 p.m. on Sunday, on the westbound side of the LIE when a 2021 Ford Mustang drove by at a high rate of speed.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
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An unfinished job As decades slipped by, the bones and fragments sat in boxes at the University of Indianapolis' Human Identification Center, whose staff helped excavate the remains.CBS News, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
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In April, a sheriff’s deputy who was part of a task force focused on keeping the county lockups free of drugs and gang activity was arrested and accused of smuggling drugs into one of the county jails.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The designer’s parent company, Betty Blue, closed 2023 with sales of 170 million euros and a margin of earnings before interest and taxes of 31.8 percent, and relies on its own production chain.Luisa Zargani, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
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The event—which is built to look like one big lemonade stand— has grown from having 10 chefs from across the country involved to over 50.Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Then papers across the country republished it, and donors in places like Kansas City and Colorado and Texas tapped in.Lauren Peace, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Alongside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alongside. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.
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