gone along

past participle of go along

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gone along His form ultimately has come back to Earth just a bit as the preseason has gone along, which has allowed Bains to put some distance between himself and Karlsson on the organizational depth chart. Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 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. ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone along
Verb
  • Starting in the 1880s, the city and county each built a series of increasingly spacious jails—and then proceeded to fill them well above capacity each winter.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Trump then proceeded to bully both Hamas and Netanyahu into accepting this agreement.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wipe the baseboards dry with a towel when you're done.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Just because it hasn’t been done, doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The protests come amid a federal government shutdown now in its 18th day, broader immigration enforcement operations, and the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago and Los Angeles.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Regulators say more crashes may come Tesla's latest FSD software update arrived just days before the investigation began.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As that game progressed, Martinelli had to show different sides to his game.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Necrosis – the death of body tissue – progressed to her face and scalp.
    Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • During Napier's time in Gainesville, the former Louisiana head coach has just a 21-23 record, continuously failing to live up to lofty expectations that come along with being the head coach at the University of Florida.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But every once in a while, a moto comes along that's interesting enough to break through the noise.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ten minutes later, Martinelli actually scored after making a good run in behind from the right wing as Saka had gone off injured.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But then Lacey was back with the kids, banging around in the kitchen, and the first of the evening’s friends and acquaintances began to show up and the blessedness passed, as had the roadrunner, hyperactive and vigilant and always on the make, gone off to seek somebody else’s snakes.
    T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With sunflower sea stars suddenly all but gone from their home range, sea urchin numbers exploded, and the hungry urchin hordes descended upon kelp forests.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Those transactions are still shaking out, while some of the propoertis have gone vacant and have lost access to utilities.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Manes and Bukele got along well.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Everybody knew everybody and got along.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Gone along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone%20along. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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