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
  • Perhaps one of the Cold War’s boldest ideas never progressed beyond the experimental stage.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The board has met in closed session multiple times in recent months as the investigation into Hill has progressed, most recently meeting on July 22.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 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
  • This dispute echoes previous conflicts, such as the 2023 API controversy, where Reddit ultimately proceeded with its plans despite widespread moderator protests.
    Emma Woollacott, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Then, on Wednesday, the Dodgers got a leadoff home run from Shohei Ohtani and proceeded to allow seven straight runs to the Chicago offense.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 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
  • But even before that, to win more (Concacaf Champions Cup) games, (to be more competitive) when the Club World Cup came along, etc.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But the learning curve was steep until new AI tools came along, said Murtaza Ali, a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington whose research focuses on computer science education.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The long-running ABC soap, which premiered in 1970, went off the air in 2011, but love for the show remains strong.
    Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • On January 7, a bomb went off above Jean-Paul Sartre’s apartment on the Rue Bonaparte in Paris, placed there in protest of his support for Algerian independence.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Went along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/went%20along. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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