TAGGED ALONG Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

tagged along

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past tense of tag along

as in tagged

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The stock gapped hard on that print, opening above $271 from a $235 close the prior day, and briefly tagged $284 a few sessions later.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Ben Ross tagged at third, but Lowe’s strong one-bounce throw got to catcher Moisés Ballesteros in time for a sweeping tag of Ross at home to end Minnesota’s threat.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

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In other cases, Virginia prosecutors have previously brought their own expert witnesses to counter an insanity defense at trials or even disputed the claims without their own expert, according to reports and court records.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service (Alpert JFS) brought MHFA to Palm Beach County in 2014 and has since trained thousands of community members (at no cost) to be that first line of support.

— Courtney Marx, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

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After that perfect airport rapprochement, Edwards and I tailed them to Jagger’s chateau near Amboise in the Loire Valley.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Santa, who was heavy and plodding with bad knees, couldn’t keep up as Gayle tailed this man through an alleyway.

— Wilbert L. Cooper, Longreads, 25 Aug. 2026

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That’s one of the basic rules outlined in the New York Times Crossword submission guidelines and a convention followed by just about every major crossword outlet.

— New York Times, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2026
The film followed the trials of a struggling keyboardist who gets hold of a magical synthesizer, only to lose it and embark on a picaresque journey to get it back.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

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