as in departed
to leave a place often for another
now that my ride's here, I'll be stepping along
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Houston should be better offensively this season with the arrival of Texas A&M transfer Conner Weigman, but many of the Cougars’ top defenders departed for bigger schools in the transfer portal.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Aug. 2025 -
Colleagues Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim and Devon Walker departed this week.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Aug. 2025
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In the photos, Justin, 31, could be seen placing his hand on his wife’s back as exited their black SUV and headed inside.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Last week, it was revealed that Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker and Emil Wakim have exited the long-running NBC sketch comedy series — the most departures since 2022, when eight people left SNL ahead of season 48.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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After evacuating right before Katrina, Fussell and her family moved through Baton Rouge; New Iberia; Washington, DC; and Philadelphia before returning to New Orleans in December 2005.—
Dian Zhang,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Chrisley family moved from Atlanta to Nashville in 2015.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2025
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The right-hander went seven innings, giving up two runs on three hits while striking out seven.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
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In the second half of the Cowboys' preseason finale with the Atlanta Falcons, Micah Parsons went viral for all the wrong reasons.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Marcell Ozuna was the DH in each of the next 16 games after that game, before splitting those duties in the past week as Murphy, Acuña and Profar each got one start at DH.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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Judging from the excitement that could be heard in Murphy's voice, the Silverdome years got even better for he and his father when future Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders joined the Lions in 1989.—
Scott Talley,
Freep.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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However, after the mother handed him over, Agba allegedly walked out of the line and began to walk away, according to the outlets.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Volunteers walked out of Atlanta with a 45-26 victory over the Orange, but a moment in the second quarter during what became a touchdown drive for Tennessee took the game's announcers by surprise.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The Angels pulled out a 4-3 victory as Jo Adell remained a thorn in the Royals’ side.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Chicago Bears have definitely pulled out all the stops to try and make life as easy as possible for quarterback Caleb Williams this offseason, adding even more weapons and bolstering their offensive line.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Simmons and Ward were separated, but that was after Simmons' helmet was pushed off during the scuffle.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Stepped (along).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepped%20%28along%29. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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