tag along

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Recent Examples of tag along Her hope is that the Lions will let her tag along for a bit in a floppy throwback outfit, a living, prancing contrast to the mostly mediocre old days before the team was 12-1 and finding ways to win instead of inventing ways to lose. Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024 Oscar has tagged along on several of Daniel and Nadia’s adventures, including a trip to Las Vegas in April 2021 and an excursion to Vancouver in February 2024. Francesca Gariano, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024 Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Nicole Kidman's youngest child recently tagged along with her famous mom to a Hollywood event. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024 The story turns on the Olivia (27), a polar bear guard tagging along with a group of scientists in an Arctic village who starts to develop a strong fascination for the scientists’ study: people in hibernation. Annika Pham, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tag along 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tag along
Verb
  • In June, an employee with the county road division tailed a Boring Company truck that spilled mud onto city streets, according to the records.
    Daniel Rothberg, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Egan tailed Alex to the news station in Grand Junction, Colorado.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The post tagged the profiles of Birt, Young and Coker, but notes that the group was unable to tag Randklev and Washington, as their accounts have blocked the group’s profile.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
  • On release day, each turtle is tagged—smaller turtles receive a device similar to the microchips used for dogs and cats.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Leaders can guide their teams to focus on direct and meaningful connections with customers.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Pure Amazon will travel its namesake region, with two cabins specifically for solo travelers, plus expert guides leading three- and four-night trips on rivers in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve.
    Jennifer Billock, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Such cases bring home the importance of mutually respectful communication when making such requests.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Her two large-scale, colourful installations will bring a festive dimension to this anniversary edition.
    Kissa Castaneda, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The detrimental long-term costs shadow the short-term benefits of keeping them on the payroll.
    Jason Walker, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • But its release was shadowed by the misperception that the filmmakers had contrived the Altamont spectacle.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The fatal crash Pino, who lives in Galloway Glen in Kendall and is president of State Street Realty, a Doral real estate agency, was piloting 12 teenage girls and his wife back to their second home at the gated Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
  • But with 50 or so volunteers helping plant native vegetation as part of the Adopt a Flower program, and assistance from local youth groups to pilot the wetlands project, work around the lake is coming along quickly.
    John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Like so many Angelenos, Cheyenne Shannon’s routine came to a halt in the hours after the devastating Palisades Fire broke out on the morning of Jan. 7, followed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Continuing on the momentum, the following GenAI trends are set to catch fire in 2025 and every executive should be paying attention: Agentic AI Agentic AI includes AI systems that are meant to act autonomously in real-world environments and are capable of acting without human interference.
    Venkat Viswanathan, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Each year, the pharmaceutical industry spends $6 billion in direct-to-consumer advertising to flood the airwaves with commercials that steer patients to the most expensive medications, despite cheaper, more effective drugs being on the market.
    Dick Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Most important, the evening felt like an exciting and risky experiment at an institution that has otherwise steered a conservative line during this interregnum season without a music director.
    Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025

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