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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Dos Santos was tagged with a second yellow card in the 81st minute and San Jose's Max Floriani was shown a second yellow card in the second minute of stoppage time — leading to red card exits.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Someone in the comments section tagged Thompson, who also works as a paleontology adviser for the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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That outlay has brought Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Moises Caicedo and Joao Pedro to Stamford Bridge, while their latest arrival from the south-coast side, centre-forward Danny Welbeck, was secured for a much more modest £5m this summer.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Pritzker believes the city and state have learned to respond to the tactics that Bovino and his men brought, and those that continue.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 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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More redrawing followed this year after the United States Supreme Court weakened protections for districts drawn to benefit minorities.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
The second phase will be adoption, followed by a third phase of transformation over the next decade.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

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Turek is garnering 46% of the vote to Hinson’s 42%, while Libertarian candidate Thomas Laehn is getting 6%, and 6% of voters are undecided, according to the survey from Global Strategy Group conducted for Turek’s campaign.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Though Iran has conducted cyberattacks against water facilities before, the number of targets of this summer’s attack represented an escalation, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 8 Sep. 2026

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