as in to move
to leave a place often for another
I'd love to stay longer, but I must be running along
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Recent Examples of run along
And a digital display runs along the base of the windshield, with additional displays for everything from audio tracks to navigation routes.
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Marty Padgett, The Drive, 18 Mar. 2026
Most of the work would have run along 73rd Avenue between MacArthur Boulevard and International Boulevard, converting the existing median into a path.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Witnesses saw the dog, a small black Shih Tzu mix, running along the tracks Sunday evening before getting stuck on top of one of the support pillars.
—Terra Sullivan, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
The Quindaro Townsite, now part of a KCK neighborhood, was once a bustling town that ran along the Missouri River in the 1800s.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2026
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Marty Padgett, The Drive, 18 Mar. 2026
Most of the work would have run along 73rd Avenue between MacArthur Boulevard and International Boulevard, converting the existing median into a path.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Witnesses saw the dog, a small black Shih Tzu mix, running along the tracks Sunday evening before getting stuck on top of one of the support pillars.
—Terra Sullivan, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
The Quindaro Townsite, now part of a KCK neighborhood, was once a bustling town that ran along the Missouri River in the 1800s.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for run along
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Records show frequent transfers—sometimes in rapid succession—moving funds from TourProdEnter to the Florida LLCs, and in some instances continuing even after a company had been formally dissolved.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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But their discharge petition, introduced last week, is short of the 218 signatures needed to move forward.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Forward Evan Rodrigues, one of the few mainstays to take the ice Thursday, played just one shift and 49 seconds before exiting with a broken finger on his right hand in the Panthers’ eventual 3-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild at Amerant Bank Arena.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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Traffic to enter and exit the subdivision is often congested during rush hour.—
March 26,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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Never depart from live charcoal unattended.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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Special late-night trains depart about an hour after each show on each day of the music festival.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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The move will allow TSA employees to get their paychecks as early as March 30 instead of waiting for back pay after the shutdown ends.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hope Harvill got the game winner in the 17th minute off an assist by Paola Granados for the Mustangs.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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Could a straighter road make cars go faster?—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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To meet his growing costs, Meraj had increased the price of a cup of tea from ten rupees to fifteen, a fifty-per-cent rise (in New York terms, like a cup of drip coffee going from just shy of four dollars to nearly six overnight).—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Thousands of immigrants have been ambushed by masked ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza over the past year while walking out of court hearings and held in custody at the complex, according to ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Three Air Canada Express crew members were seen walking out and giving reporters a thumb's up.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Chinese sources previously indicated to CNN the war could still further impact talks, or result in either side pulling out altogether, with China considering Chinese casualties or damage to Chinese assets as potential red lines.—
Mustafa Qadri,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Besides causing building foundations to crack and roadways to heave, the expansion and contraction can cause pipes to disconnect, and the pipe couplings that an Atmos predecessor installed are not resistant to pulling out, the board found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Some talk of getting off the train and kissing the earth.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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Also recommended is rideshare or public transportation, including the CTA Green Line (getting off at the Cermak-McCormick Place station).—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Run along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20along. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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