RUNS ALONG Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

runs along

verb

Definition of runs along next

present tense third-person singular of run along

as in moves

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 runs along The bridge, which officials said was destroyed yesterday during an Israeli attack, runs along the Litani River and is a critical connection between southern Lebanon and the rest of the country. —

Will Clark, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026 The state line runs along the river in northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri, until the point near downtown KCK and KCMO where the Kansas and Missouri rivers meet. —

Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026 The park runs along the Los Angeles River and the 710 Freeway and contains a river parkway, walking trails, freshwater wetlands and open space for recreation. —

Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026 Additional data, like humidity and dew point, runs along the bottom of the screen, mirroring the layout longtime viewers will recognize. —

Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026 Zampirri says the city declared an emergency about three weeks ago after a series of winter storms stripped away several feet of sand, which threatened the storm drainage system that runs along the dunes. —

Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 Alaska runs along a ridge just outside of Arches National Park, offering long-range views of the park’s towers and buttes across the Salt Valley. —

Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Mar. 2026 The parade route starts at the east end of downtown by the VTA light rail tracks and runs along Campbell Avenue to Third Street. —

Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026 The waterway, a critical shipping route that runs along Iran’s southern border, has been severely disrupted since the start of the war, with traffic effectively coming to a halt and several ships being hit by projectiles in or near the waterway. —

Chloe Taylor,sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026

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Each of us moves through a world strewn with figurative mountains and molehills, continually assessing what matters more and what matters less.

— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
What was a human being a second before is now a head bobbing among the waves as the vessel moves quickly away.

— David Szondy April 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026