tagged along

Definition of tagged alongnext
past tense of tag along
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Verb
  • Pittsburgh reliever Yohan Ramirez was tagged for all five runs and recorded just one out.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • The sophomore catcher tagged out LeBlanc trying to score from second.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Protesters brought noisemakers that were permanently activated and left them in the gallery as they were escorted out.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • Last year brought record air quality alerts amid a severe wildfire season in western Canada.
    Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • One rider, identified as Richard Collins, the leader of the group, told Fox 5 Atlanta the black SUV tailed the group and laid down the horn.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • The hit was outsourced to a hulking Estonian assassin, Imre (the Butcher) Arakas, who arrived at Dublin Airport on April 3, 2017, and was immediately tailed by officers from the An Garda Síochána’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, who arrested him the next day.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In the years that followed, Blackmon and other lawyers used the law to challenge at-large election systems that prevented Black communities from electing candidates of their choice.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 May 2026
  • And their listeners had fun right along with them, and followed them from one station to another.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • Because Pe’Sla was not included as an affected area and no environmental review was conducted, the approval violates the National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act, the lawsuit alleges.
    Sarah Raza, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026
  • It was conducted in English and Spanish, both by phone and online.
    Claire Wang, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
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“Tagged along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tagged%20along. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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