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tagging along

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verb

present participle of tag along

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tagging along
Noun
  • Often favoring intimate, nervy tracking shots, Janis Mazuch’s cinematography is fluid and unassuming — save for in one showpiece shot, circling a raucous musical gathering in Pristina’s central town square.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Witness interviews, video evidence, and Zeah's ankle monitoring tracking data helped identify him as a suspect.
    Dennis Valera, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Labor also sits at approximately 18% with the Greens trailing at 14% and the Lib Dems coming just behind at 13%.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The key to UConn’s recalibration was Blanca Quinonez, who checked in off the bench three and a half minutes into the opening quarter with the team trailing, 10-9.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In the two current cases in India, contact tracing revealed almost 200 people who had been in contact with the infected people and none has had the virus.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The tracing of those two key relationships provides the heart of the documentary — especially the apparently countless appearances, both talk shows and filmed public events, at which Brooks either discussed those relationships or Reiner and Bancroft joined him.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Excited and awed by Kelly’s celebrity, a 12-year-old Landfair began spending more time around Kelly at his recording studio and tagging along to group outings with Sparkle.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Ivo Intelligence analyzes an organization’s full contract library, allowing teams to surface obligations, precedents, and patterns without manual tagging that current systems use.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Mining sites face a similar issue, with arsenic concentrated in tailings near extraction areas.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Why the Boundary Waters Mine Is a Bad Trade Twin Metals skeptics also question where the copper would be processed, and how the millions of tons of mine tailings would be stored safely.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The popularity of warm, textured neutrals in the design world suggests a shift from trend-chasing to mature restraint—a choice that’s far easier to live with over the long term.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Many aurora experts also gather at the Aurora Summit in the upper Great Lakes every November for a weekend of education and hands-on chasing.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The rest of Robbie’s makeup was light and even-toned, comprised of subtle shadowing under her eyes and blushed lips.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Saleh said shadowing a specific receiver tends to be easier for the cornerback doing the shadowing than the rest of the secondary, which must adjust and compensate in term of responsibility and technique.
    Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Speed Skating 500m and Team Pursuit will also give medals in speed skating sprint distances (including the men’s 500m and women’s 500m) on February 10, with team pursuit finals to follow later in the Games.
    Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Often, his philosophy of life, his vaunted pursuit of happiness, anchored his letter.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Tagging along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tagging%20along. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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