as in proceeded
to move forward along a course
everything was going along swimmingly until you interfered
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Recent Examples of gone along
Even in cases where Republican presidents have attempted to cut back on research for budgetary reasons, Republicans in Congress haven't gone along, in many cases joining with Democrats to provide science agencies with budget increases.
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ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone along
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Since the turn of the century, autonomous mining has proceeded through several generations of capability, with both robustness and cost-benefit increasing.—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The honor fell to Rival Son’s majestic vocalist Jay Buchanan, who took the stage barefoot, in a maroon suit, and proceeded to devour the angry rock anthem.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Most of the damage done by the Trojans came in the ground game with three touchdowns.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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Some, like Hugo Ekitike, Joao Pedro, Jack Grealish and Mohammed Kudus, have already done so.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Russell’s touchdown came 3 plays after Green ran for 35 yards on the first play of the possession that began at midfield.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Sep. 2025
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The multi-styler comes with all kinds of attachments, including several long barrels, two smoothing brushes, a round volumizing brush, and a smoothing dryer.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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That changed as the game progressed and Sands kept gaining big chunks of yardage on a cold day in Lawrence.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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However, the cancer had not yet progressed past her pelvis into her more distant lymph nodes or organs elsewhere.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The cards’ robust stainless-steel construction can withstand extreme handling like drops, foul weather and almost any other element that happens to come along.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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So how’s that cure coming along?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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Ellen could have gone off riding and some of those cattle thieves that Dougal chased off could have come upon her.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Skattebo was turning heads early on in training camp for the Giants, but things have gone off the rails a bit for him.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Aug. 2025
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And there are plenty of those in this terrific book—yet another opportunity to marvel at the decade that’s gone, but so not forgotten.—
Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
5 Sep. 2025
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Say each word was a bird—alighting briefly, out of reach and then gone again.—
Leila Chatti
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Everybody knew everybody and got along.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis got along splendidly on the set of Black Swan — despite director Darren Aronofsky's best efforts.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Gone along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone%20along. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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