as in hanging (around)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tagging along
Noun
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And the President’s feckless tech bros can arbitrarily withhold billions in federal support for everything from cancer research to hurricane tracking.—
Ron Cunningham,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025 -
SpaceX has accounted for 134 of the 166 orbital launches in the US so far this year, according to tracking by Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.—
Paresh Dave,
Wired News,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Scribble tracing can be a great activity for toddlers to explore nature and their creative side.—
Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon,
Boston Herald,
11 May 2025
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The costs go to various responses, including on-the-ground response teams, vaccine doses and vaccination clinics, case reporting, contact tracing, mitigation plans, infection prevention, data systems, and other technical assistance to state health departments.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Called tailings or tails, these are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable parts of the extraction from the other parts.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Scandium can be extracted from mine tailings, or as a by-product of mining for uranium or other metals.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Art environments are the typically fantastical creations of artists working outside of the mainstream who give over their entire homes and yards to their creative pursuits.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The leading circumstances surrounding officers' deaths included activities related to responses to unlawful or suspicious activities, pursuits and traffic stops, according to the Justice Department.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Add in the huge following The Elevator Boys have on social and hopes are high for their movie.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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In it, three stand-ups with sizable online followings — Soresi, Jeff Arcuri, and Josh Johnson — call on audience members wearing shirts printed with prompts like ASK ABOUT MY FAITH and ASK ME ABOUT MY FAMILY.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Racing is in desperate need of stars and the chase for the Triple Crown is one way of getting them.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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The night of the chase, the five GHOST officers had been arresting a robbery suspect, according to the affidavit.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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“Tagging along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tagging%20along. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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