as in to hang (around)
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tag along
Verb
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But when Alice peeled off to tail a mystery man (Solomon, played by Berto Colon), while Peter followed Sears’ Warren, the ending was far from pitch perfect for the former.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
24 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Leaders can guide their teams to focus on direct and meaningful connections with customers.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Such cases bring home the importance of mutually respectful communication when making such requests.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Her two large-scale, colourful installations will bring a festive dimension to this anniversary edition.—
Kissa Castaneda,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The detrimental long-term costs shadow the short-term benefits of keeping them on the payroll.—
Jason Walker,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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But its release was shadowed by the misperception that the filmmakers had contrived the Altamont spectacle.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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The faults at 6:10 p.m. and again at 6:11 p.m. coincided with two flashes in the vicinity of the transmission lines seen in a video captured by a camera at an Arco gas station in the moments before the Eaton fire began, followed by flames near the base of high-voltage transmission towers.—
Ivan Penn,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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Before the action began, the proverbial ball was in Robert Lewandowski's court, who led the table with nine goals, followed by his Barcelona team-mate Raphinha with eight and Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy with seven.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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“Tag along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tag%20along. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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