went along

past tense of go along

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of went along Back then, with no off-ramp in sight in the Middle East, oil was marching higher, stoking inflation fears, and bond yields went along for the ride. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 The following timeline, drawn from Charlotte Observer reporting, tracks how the district arrived at Tuesday’s vote — and where the public dollars went along the way. — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026 Descano’s side went along with his insanity defense after approving a mental health evaluation by psychologist Eric Drogin, court records show. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026 In 2025, his play improved as the season went along, and Gonzalez played a major role in the team’s magical playoff run. — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 In the end, Bucklo went along with the deal, which scuttled a trial that had been set for later this year. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Most states went along, and Idaho further broadened its exemption in 1976 to not only keep faith healers from going to jail if their children died, but also to keep their children from being placed in foster care solely for lack of medical care. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2026 And just one week before, Vogue went along with Emma for the final fitting of her Monique Lhuillier custom wedding gown and archival after-party dress. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 26 July 2026 Washington broadly went along with the same logic because the alternative, the total economic isolation of Russia, would have required genuine multilateral coordination with India and China, an outcome that was never politically realistic. — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for went along
Verb
  • And indeed, no patients with undetectable ctDNA before endocrine therapy progressed.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The show has also progressed from a solely in-person experience to one with main-stage panels that are streamed live for fans around the world via YouTube — a move born out of the COVID-19 pandemic-era virtual cons that has stuck.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Willis quickly spotted the rookie, tossed it to him and proceeded to watch Bell streak down the field into the end zone.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
  • My father-in-law proceeded to unload it on our driveway without so much as asking!
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Barcelona on Monday night.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Washington went 12-5 in 2024 and marched all the way to the NFC Championship Game.
    — Elise Devlin, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Donaldson, who went undrafted in June out of the University of Miami, is one of three players who the Heat has signed to a two-way contract.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Florida went 40-38-4 overall and 17-23-1 on the road a season ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Gabriel Luke Beauregard Jagger Mick and Hall’s fourth child, Gabriel Luke Beauregard Jagger, came along on December 9, 1997.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Fifteen minutes later a heavy buck came along the same trail the spike had walked.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • An air raid alert went off as Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the site of a drone attack on the National Academy of Sciences last week.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Costello did make it onto the final episode of the show, which went off the air earlier this year.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Went along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/went%20along. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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