as in to hang (around)
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Recent Examples of tag along
Your son, Archer, tags along with you on a bunch of these walks.
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Noelle Swan, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
Rates were up sharply for both types of animals tagging along on road trips too.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
Trainor will have a whole crew tagging along to help: her mom, Kelli; her husband, Daryl Sabara; her brother, Ryan Trainor (who is opening for her on tour as a DJ), and her nanny.
—David Wysong, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2024
Witherspoon’s appearance with Deacon at the premiere comes after the 20-year-old tagged along as her plus-one to the Variety Golden Globes pre-show in January.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2024
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Noelle Swan, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
Rates were up sharply for both types of animals tagging along on road trips too.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
Trainor will have a whole crew tagging along to help: her mom, Kelli; her husband, Daryl Sabara; her brother, Ryan Trainor (who is opening for her on tour as a DJ), and her nanny.
—David Wysong, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2024
Witherspoon’s appearance with Deacon at the premiere comes after the 20-year-old tagged along as her plus-one to the Variety Golden Globes pre-show in January.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tag along
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The officers tailing the Ford Focus watched as the driver waited at the parking lot of several banks before exiting the vehicle and entering the bank and then rushing back to the car and fleeing.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Goldfinger At any rate, aside from avoiding customs, the cinematic Phantom played a pivotal role in the film as Bond plants a tracking device on the limo and tails it across the picturesque Continental mountain roads that Fleming drove over on his holidays for decades.David Szondy, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024
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To avoid biases in estimating residency, such as the tendency of sharks to stay in the Neptune Islands area or seasonal variations (e.g., the presence of long-nosed fur seals, Arctocephalus forsteri), the team tagged sharks randomly throughout the monitoring period.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The WandaVision sequel series managed to get through nine episodes without including this particular Marvel calling card, though the previous show did include one tagged to the end of its penultimate episode.Nick Romano, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Will our children get through college without AI to guide them?Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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During a meeting in early 2024, the foundation’s inner circle locked themselves in a room to come up with the guiding tenets for the group.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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The combination brought them their second straight NBA Cup win — a 123-118 final.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Then on Tuesday, a storm will bring snow, though the latest models show totals generally under six inches.John Meyer, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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But in the months and days leading up to the final ballots being cast and results counted, USA TODAY reporters fanned out across the country – road tripping to key counties like Erie in Pennsylvania and shadowing election workers in Georgia and North Carolina.Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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To prepare for the role, Magaro immersed himself in broadcast journalism, shadowing professionals in real control rooms, including those at Madison Square Garden.Clayton Davis, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
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This aircraft was piloted by Sergey Bogdan, the senior test pilot for aircraft designer Sukhoi.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Lions’ offense, piloted by senior quarterback Mason Premer, was potent, but its ball-hawking defense was dominant, and CA (15-3) was blanked for the first time this season.Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
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During the rapprochement between China and the United States in the 1970s (which followed the split between China and the Soviet Union), North Korea hosted Soviet naval ships in its ports and allowed Soviet fighter jets to enter North Korean airspace.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Bucky Irving opened the fourth quarter with a 14-yard run on third-and-2, then followed that with a 12-yard touchdown dash past six defenders for the Bucs’ first lead of the game, 17-13.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Unfortunately, for this exact reason, the studios decided to steer clear of the second weekend of November, which means there’s nothing else to talk about.Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
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The approval is a relief for Boeing’s new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, who assumed the role in August to steer the company through its safety and manufacturing crises.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Tag along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tag%20along. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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