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Recent Examples of along
Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 11 Feb. 2026
Getting more adventurous in her teens, April started to follow the migration of salmon and steelhead in the rivers along the British Columbia coast.
—Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
The spot used very little in the way of glitzy production, instead giving viewers what looked like a karaoke screen in a bar, and spurred them to sing along to a Backstreet Boys song.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
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Preposition
The rescue effort attracted diving experts from all over the world and even the attention of billionaire inventor Elon Musk, who dispatched his own engineering team that brought along a tiny submersible.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 11 Feb. 2026
Getting more adventurous in her teens, April started to follow the migration of salmon and steelhead in the rivers along the British Columbia coast.
—Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
Many listeners use them to follow along, understand unfamiliar languages, or sing while commuting.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
The spot used very little in the way of glitzy production, instead giving viewers what looked like a karaoke screen in a bar, and spurred them to sing along to a Backstreet Boys song.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for along
Preposition
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As the discipline grew in popularity, Warren’s students began to take home trophies from tournaments across the country and internationally.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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If multiple hypotheses work to explain the data equally well but one conflicts with reality in some other realm (and the other doesn’t), the one that’s valid across the widest range of applicability is superior.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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An alliance with a party who has not put forward a single woman candidate, feels like a betrayal.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Pistons forward retaliated with his own punch.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Preposition
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Knee-assist devices and exoskeletons often use simple bearings placed near the knee, which can create painful misalignment because a real knee hinges but also shifts, rolls, and slides.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Brown grew up in Franklin, a small city near the Kentucky-Tennessee border, and found his passion for music at a young age.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The man from the future drives his dwindling crew onward to face the final challenge, involving yet another sickly looking child (Artie Wilkinson-Hunt) who’s had way too much screen time and now holds the fate of the world in his keyboard-friendly fingertips.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Feb. 2026
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Those abolitionists helped the freedom seekers travel onward toward Canada.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
Preposition
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Supervisor John Gioia noted about a third of county residents are on Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid which was cut by nearly $1 trillion over a 10-year period.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2026
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John Gaspar was not expecting the winter heating bills for his Chicago studio apartment to top $160 a month, especially since running the air conditioning over the summer was not particularly expensive.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Cohen and Nikolic go back and forth in email to work out a deal, and Epstein says he was involved but not negotiating on Nikolic’s behalf.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Club stock Eaton was back and forth near the flat line earlier Wednesday after spending much of the prior session under pressure before a nearly 1% gain at the close.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
Preposition
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Going forward, future work will focus on expanding sensor coverage and improving durability, both of which are necessary for moving the technology beyond laboratory prototypes.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2026
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His office described the visit as part of a broader push to expand cooperation beyond security into trade, investment, education and development.—
NINIEK KARMINI,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
Preposition
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The flags were designed alongside each neighborhood's community councils over several planning and brainstorming workshops.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Feb. 2026
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Ruibal and Iglesias, alongside former Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin (three players who were team-mates at Betis), are some of the most prominent Spanish football voices on wider social issues.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/along. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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