RUNNING ALONG Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

running along

verb

Definition of running along next

present participle of run along

as in departing

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 running along After that, they’re called thornbacks, a thornback being a bottom-feeding skatelike fish with sharp spikes running along its spine. —

David Sedaris, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 In 2024, experts from the Gulf Coast Canine Project voiced concerns to the state transportation agency about ghost wolf mortality rates along FM 3005, the main road running along the coast, especially as development grows on Galveston Island. —

Ashley Soebroto, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2026 Europe turned inward, with trade currents mostly running along navigable rivers. —

Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026 People can be seen running along the top of the bus and sitting on the front bumper as the driver stares glumly ahead from inside windows tagged with graffiti. —

Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 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 focal point of the apartment is a custom installation running along one wall of the living room, with different sections playing different functions. —

Giada Storelli, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2026 Two distinct bands running along the sides of adult Akarotaxis gouldae — absent on Akarotaxis nudiceps — should have been a giveaway. —

Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026 The map submitted to the commissioners court shows the Onion Creek trail running along the creek for part of its length, as well as along Buda's Main Street. —

Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2026

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Despite Vance departing Pakistan empty-handed, the mediators are still working to keep open channels of communication between the United States and Iran.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
The blockade started Monday and affects all vessels entering or departing Iranian ports, according to the Pentagon, a move that could cut off one of the regime’s major sources of funding.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026