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tagging along

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verb

present participle of tag along

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tagging along
Noun
  • There are charts tracking literacy, migration, and taxation.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Over 40% of American Airlines flights were delayed and 7% were canceled on Friday, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Scribble tracing can be a great activity for toddlers to explore nature and their creative side.
    Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
  • The costs go to various responses, including on-the-ground response teams, vaccine doses and vaccination clinics, case reporting, contact tracing, mitigation plans, infection prevention, data systems, and other technical assistance to state health departments.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These tailings are often stored and managed in order to be reliably and responsibly disposed of.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • The tailings are already mined and sitting on the surface.
    Scott McWhorter, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • The human pursuit of flight would be hard to stop from ever happening again.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • How far will the pursuit of likes and followers push these families?
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • To date, the motor racing drama has drawn 219,000 spectators for a $3.5M (SAR 13.5M) gross in the territory where Formula One has a strong following.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 July 2025
  • Publishers are resistant to picking up work by people that don’t have a big following.
    John McDermott, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – July 9th One of the greatest action movies ever filmed, Mad Max: Fury Road is an absolute visual feast, a high-octane, pulse-pounding chase through an apocalyptic desert that words simply cannot describe.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • His character, Deputy Cletus Hogg, was a comedic and endearing fixture of The Dukes of Hazzard, remembered for his hapless attempts to catch Bo and Luke Duke and for the show's signature car chases and stunts.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
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“Tagging along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tagging%20along. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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