as in progressed
to move forward along a course
everything was going along swimmingly until you interfered
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Recent Examples of went along
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.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
In handing down Iwamasa’s sentence today, the judge basically went along with the prosecution’s recommendations.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 May 2026
The pursuit at times reached speeds of 110 mph as the suspect went along Lewis Avenue, West Dunbar Road and then past Meanwell Road before pulling into a field and coming to a stop.
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Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
The host committee had originally estimated a need for 5,200 volunteers, but that number shrunk as the process went along and organizers realized the true needs of the city.
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Peter Warren,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Apr. 2026
There was a bit of screaming by girls, but the boyfriends who went along wanted to listen to the band.
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Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Oviedo showed flashes of excellence in spring training, but his velocity noticeably dipped as camp went along.
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Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
There was a lot of potty talk that went along with this effort as the crew and Mission Control repeatedly tried to flush the vent lines and drain the toilet, which is itself a first for a moon mission.
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Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
5 Apr. 2026
The last two of his nine total strikeouts came on fastballs, with Sasaki working more aggressively in the zone as the outing went along.
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Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
In handing down Iwamasa’s sentence today, the judge basically went along with the prosecution’s recommendations.
—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 May 2026
The pursuit at times reached speeds of 110 mph as the suspect went along Lewis Avenue, West Dunbar Road and then past Meanwell Road before pulling into a field and coming to a stop.
—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
The host committee had originally estimated a need for 5,200 volunteers, but that number shrunk as the process went along and organizers realized the true needs of the city.
—
Peter Warren,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Apr. 2026
There was a bit of screaming by girls, but the boyfriends who went along wanted to listen to the band.
—
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Oviedo showed flashes of excellence in spring training, but his velocity noticeably dipped as camp went along.
—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
There was a lot of potty talk that went along with this effort as the crew and Mission Control repeatedly tried to flush the vent lines and drain the toilet, which is itself a first for a moon mission.
—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
5 Apr. 2026
The last two of his nine total strikeouts came on fastballs, with Sasaki working more aggressively in the zone as the outing went along.
—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for went along
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As the race progressed, Schlossberg received heavy media scrutiny by The New York Times with reports of high turnover inside his campaign and allegations of erratic behavior.
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As things progressed, sources say the studio brought in Reeves’ Toy Story 4 director to pitch his vision, which eventually led to Reeves thumbs up to star in the film.
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Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
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The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.
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Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order and ordered that the planes be turned around, but Justice Department attorneys said his oral instructions directing the flight to be returned were defective, and the deportations proceeded as planned.
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The tensions around the negotiations The negotiations proceeded under a cloud of escalating tensions.
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But when Alice Paul and Lucy Burns organized the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession and more than 5,000 protesters marched down Pennsylvania Avenue, such a spectacle had never been seen.
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While paradegoers marched through downtown, there was no confetti raining over the city.
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Benintendi went deep after pinch-hitter Sam Antonacci doubled off Fernando Cruz (4-2).
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News of his upcoming match went viral on Weibo, with the hashtag racking up more than 24 million views.
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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.
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
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Courtesy of Francois Duhamel His galactic victory lap has been a long time coming after years of taking any gig that came along.
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Then legalized sports betting came along, and, with it, millions of dollars for Colorado water projects.
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In North Carolina, one high school graduation video went viral after a valedictorian went off-script to deliver a message to her classmates about using their voices to speak out about issues including immigration enforcement.
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The first targeted a vehicle, while the second went off as rescuers responded to the blast in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, senior police official Yasir Afridi said, adding both were controlled remotely.
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