as in to move
to leave a place often for another
I'd love to stay longer, but I must be running along
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Recent Examples of run along
For 2024, the parade ran along Avenue A from 13th to 7th Street.
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
One of the best routes, the Tranquil Bluff Trail, cuts through the forest (hello fall color!) and runs along the cliffs above Lake Huron.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
There is indeed a new parapet-inspection law mandating annual inspections of parapets, low walls that run along the edge of a roof, on buildings regardless of height.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2024
While in Lucca, Hawke started his day running along the ancient city walls and cycling through the historic streets.
—Giovanni Bogani, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for run along
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Without additional support, balance bikes empower children to find their balance naturally and move at their own pace.Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
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The demonstration forced some of the parade’s floats, balloons, and participants to navigate around the protesters as cops struggled to move them off the street.Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 28 Nov. 2024
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Next is exiting a managerial role, possibly even moving out of the CEO role to sit on the board.Simon Bedard, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Police in hot pursuit exited their vehicles with their weapons drawn and ordered Ferguson and his girlfriend to get out of the vehicle with their hands up.Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
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In fact, employees departing under negative circumstances may pose a higher risk.Andrew Sever, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Participants will depart from Falls City at 9:30 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. for pizza and drinks.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024
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Musk settled with the SEC, agreeing to pay a $20 million fine, step down as chairman, and agree to get a lawyer's approval before posting about Tesla.Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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Sign up for our free Royals newsletter to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!Simon Perry, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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But the committee went with the ACC this time, putting 11-2 SMU in the field as the last at-large team, the No. 11 seed with a first-round trip to Penn State on the docket, and leaving 9-3 Alabama out.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Will his incoming attorney general or will his FBI director [go after Trump's political enemies]?Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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He was issued a civil citation for shoplifting on April 29, 2014, after allegedly walking out of a Tallahassee, Florida, supermarket without paying for $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Moreover, Western equipment and software providers walked out of their manufacturing facilities in China, leaving the Chinese to figure things out for themselves.Scott Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2024
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Gaetz was nominated by Trump as attorney general but has since pulled out of consideration.Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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Fallon pulled out a photo of President Biden, Trump and others at the Sept. 11 ceremony in New York this year.Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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The multi-year California Wolf Project got off the ground earlier this year.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Her fellow volunteers included CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs, who got off at every stop, handing out toys and talking to those who had come to see the train.Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Run along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20along. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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