run along

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Recent Examples of run along The new school will be built on the current school’s athletic fields, which run along Lansdowne Road, almost directly across the street from Lansdowne Middle School. Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2025 The narrow strip of land that runs along Gaza’s border with Egypt and includes the key Rafah border crossing has also been a lifeline for Palestinians in Gaza — allowing the entry of goods and humanitarian aid in the years before the war. Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025 Brighter yellow and golden blotches run along its forehead, sides and lower back. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025 Set in East London’s mostly residential Tower Hamlets borough, the area of Bow Common runs along Limehouse Cut, London’s oldest canal. Michael Kaminer, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for run along
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run along
Verb
  • But the Supreme Court is increasingly skeptical of regulatory power and curbed that authority in June 2024, ruling against the Biden administration and moving the interpretation of laws back squarely toward the courts.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The other major addition was a giant digital tapestry that moved slowly up or down the giant canvas behind the Dead, with surreal animation that had more wealth of detail than the naked eye could take in, even over the course of an extended Dead jam.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Alex exits the vehicle and sees a body buried in a nearby snowdrift.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Following his musical guest appearance on this weekend’s episode of the NBC sketch comedy show, the 2x Grammy nominee abruptly exited Studio 8H during curtain call, while host Mikey Madison and the cast had the traditional post-show mingle onstage during the credits.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Ravi Ahuja will depart Roku‘s board of directors after more than a decade, following his promotion to CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The inaugural charter flight departed from Wuxi to Chicago early Friday, carrying more than 100 tons of cargo.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Join us at Billboard Women in Music 2025 — get your tickets here.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The job of prioritizing selections has only gotten more complicated as interest in women’s hoops has boomed.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The freshman went 10-4-1 with a .933 save percentage and a 2.01 goals against average on the season, and was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie team.
    Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
  • George Washington, goes the fairy tale about chopping the cherry tree, couldn’t tell a lie.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Mark leads the confused Ms. Casey to the exit, and Gemma walks out of the Lumon building.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Marcela and Malcom arrived at 11:20 p.m. Just over an hour later, the two are seen walking out the door.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • An upholstered ottoman need not be pulling out all the stops—sometimes a small, simple detail will set it apart.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2025
  • So pull out the beach towels, set up a cocktail bar and put on some soothing ocean noises.
    Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In a season that will likely decide team president Jed Hoyer’s future with the club, getting off to a slow start will bring only more anxiety and unease to a group that was working hard to improve a roster that has won 83 games in back-to-back seasons.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Both council members acknowledged that the project has taken a while to get off the ground.
    Marcus Dorsey, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Run along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20along. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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