as in to hang (around)
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Recent Examples of tag along
Quincy often tags along and the competitive spirit has rubbed off.
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Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
However, this year's decision not to tag along was more than just the inconvenience of packing up their belongings.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 July 2025
Around this time, Hawley tagged along with his friend, the author and journalist Po Bronson, to a meeting with Hanson, who came away from the conversation eager to read A Conspiracy, and then to hire Hawley as a writer on Bones.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2025
No kid brother tagging along, pestering him with questions, pushing up on his social circle.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 21 July 2025
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Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
However, this year's decision not to tag along was more than just the inconvenience of packing up their belongings.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 July 2025
Around this time, Hawley tagged along with his friend, the author and journalist Po Bronson, to a meeting with Hanson, who came away from the conversation eager to read A Conspiracy, and then to hire Hawley as a writer on Bones.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2025
No kid brother tagging along, pestering him with questions, pushing up on his social circle.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tag along
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Don't tail large vehicles closely - Trucks or buses can kick up a water spray that obstructs visibility.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Don't tail large vehicles closely - Trucks or buses can kick up a water spray that obstructs visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Right-wing influencers have relentlessly campaigned for these people to lose their jobs, tagging their employers’ online accounts and inundating their places of work with aggrieved emails and phone calls.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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The photo's location is tagged as Sardinia, Italy.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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The museum guides visitors through Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Islamic, and other global belief systems before culminating in the Buddhist 10 Courts of Hell.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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This discovery not only changes our understanding of lunar geology but could also guide future missions to regions where the moon’s surface is still active.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Well, a new Netflix documentary about Charlie Sheen brings that up, as well as all his other infamous shenanigans.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The work could bring frequency combs out of specialized labs and into integrated photonic devices.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Companies now manage remote workers, third-party vendors and device policies, shadow IT—all with their associated risks.—
Steve Riley,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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During the conversation, the former model revealed that one of their twin daughters, Dolly, 16, hopes to act and eventually direct some day — and the teen even came to the Star Trek set to shadow for a day.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Frank Quirarte, piloting his new Yamaha WaveRunner, narrated a play-by-play for his Instagram live feed.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Nurabot is currently being piloted in Taichung Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan, on a ward that treats diseases associated with the lungs, face and neck, including lung cancer and asthma.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the days following his killing, conservative activist Charlie Kirk has, in a sense, become all things to all people.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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The very chair that Kimmel occupies was made vacant by Maher’s ouster that also followed controversial comments.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Other patrons saw us with cell phones — an immense luxury at the time — and steered clear of us.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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Putting structures in place keeps emotions from steering decisions off course.—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Tag along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tag%20along. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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