went along

past tense of go along

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of went along But, partly because of his foot issue, his production dipped as the season went along. Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 30 July 2026 And just one week before, Vogue went along with Emma for the final fitting of her Monique Lhuillier custom wedding gown and archival after-party dress. Shelby Wax, Vogue, 26 July 2026 Washington broadly went along with the same logic because the alternative, the total economic isolation of Russia, would have required genuine multilateral coordination with India and China, an outcome that was never politically realistic. Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Both sides went along with the judge switch, following a long-standing legal practice of having one judge oversee related cases. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 Johns said parents who chose Morrison’s school and went along with her methods were sold lies. Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026 Weekly Newsletter All this went along with a view of Buddhism as the polar opposite of the Orientalist image of the passive Asian. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 July 2026 At the time, PayPal was still a division of eBay (EBAY), and when PayPal was spun off into an independent company in 2015, Venmo went along with it. Colin Dodds, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026 In two days, the Legislature largely went along with a plan for dramatically slashing taxes on a homeowner’s primary residence, a primary source to run all 67 counties, 411 cities and more than 2,000 single-purpose special taxing districts. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for went along
Verb
  • But as the war in Ukraine has progressed, the IOC and IPC have eased restrictions.
    Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • His attorney Mark Wykoff told the judge at his sentencing in January that the cancer had progressed to Stage 4 and spread to his liver and lungs.
    Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Hawley then proceeded to a lengthy list of questions that accused Fauci of misconduct in his government role.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • Iger proceeded to restructure the company, dismantling the Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution Division.
    Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • Humanoids marched, backflipped, and twirled nunchucks; robotic pandas gambolled.
    Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • As the Chiefs marched to a second straight Super Bowl championship and their third in five seasons, Toney watched unhappily.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Tommy Edman hit a three-run home run for the Dodgers, and Teoscar Hernández also went deep.
    Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The ceremony ultimately went ahead with an Elvis impersonator officiating as Kacie wore a white dress and white cowboy hat.
    Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Before ACTs came along, the malaria parasite was building resistance to the older antimalarials; that resistance massively increased the death toll of malaria.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Dylan Jagger Lee The couple’s second son, Dylan Jagger, came along on December 29, 1997.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • After former Chief Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney) ordered all of the firefighters to evacuate, a major explosion went off inside the structure.
    Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • After Ospreay saved Omega, Omega stuck Ospreay with a One Winged Angel and AEW Redemption mercifully went off the air.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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“Went along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/went%20along. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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