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 The Aura Cedar Outdoor Bar from Modern Shade is just under eight feet long, five feet wide, and eight feet tall, with a dual-level bar running along one of the long walls and a TV mount occupying the other. —

Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026 Resident video shows aftermath Initial video released Sunday by a nearby resident showed officers running along the light‑rail tracks toward a person, and one officer kicking away what appears to be a gun from the individual on the ground. —

Doug Myers, CBS News, 14 May 2026 Create a bed of them running along your fence. —

Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 10 May 2026 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 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

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The cruise ship, now bound for the Port of Rotterdam, had been docked at the industrial port of Granadilla in the Spanish island off West Africa before departing.

— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Frontier Flight 4345, an Airbus A321, was departing Denver en route to Los Angeles on Friday and carried 224 passengers and seven crew members, the airline said in a statement at the time.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 May 2026