How to Use along the way in a Sentence

along the way

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  • Goldin picked up nine fouls along the way, coming close to summer league’s 10-foul limit.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 July 2026
  • The standout attachment for me is the large round barrel brush, which smoothed my hair with ease and didn’t tug or snag it along the way.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 July 2026
  • Costs have risen sharply in the intervening years, with various design tweaks made along the way.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Plus, members can unlock perks like gas savings and loyalty rewards along the way.
    — Kayla Rivera, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • Friday was just Conwell’s first summer league game, and there will be plenty of growing pains along the way.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
  • Rather than making small adjustments along the way, many owners absorb those increases for as long as possible.
    — Amy Powell, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Somewhere along the way, impact got confused for output, slowly optimizing into a sea of sameness.
    — Sean Dallaskidd, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Somewhere along the way, wellness became associated with premium price tags.
    — Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Beyond the immediate travel costs, there is also the less visible expense of wear and tear, which can increase the chance of maintenance needs or repairs along the way.
    — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Later in the fall, many of these same lines navigate from the northeast to Florida, with a stop or two along the way, whether in Bermuda or the Bahamas.
    — Jane Wooldridge, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
  • With an overpacked backpack, humor and persistence, Lugo makes the journey from Georgia to Maine and learns about himself along the way.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Olise kept his intentions hidden to the last, shaping up to cross the ball to the back post before sharply turning his hips and whipping his pass into the goalscorer’s path, breaking two defensive lines along the way.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • The 50-day moving average, now at $166, acted as a trampoline on multiple pullbacks along the way, and price has since pulled away from it to the upside.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • Trip gas calculator Many gas cost calculators online ask for your starting point, destination, any stops along the way and information about your car, such as its make, model and gas mileage.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • By realizing this, corporations can achieve unprecedented levels of industry leadership, reaching new levels of revenue and finding new customers along the way.
    — Anis Uzzaman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • With three days to go before Krypto succumbs to the slow-acting agent, Supergirl sets out on a cosmic adventure to retrieve the antidote, confronting her emotional trauma along the way.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • SpaceX, which owns the xAI business along with rockets, is already worth more than $2 trillion after its stock’s ballyhooed debut on Nasdaq this month, with sharp rises and falls along the way.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Other rail options like Canyon Spirit and Alaska Railroad also offer multiday trips and onboard dining, but travelers sleep in hotels along the way, not on board the train.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026
  • Cape Verde 40-year-old goalkeeper Josimar Jose Evora Dias, also known as Vozinha, became a fan favorite along the way.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
  • The ceremony is scheduled for the evening with the reception running into the early morning of July 4, according to the source, and reports suggest there will be A-list performances along the way.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • The gang travel through France, Switzerland and Italy towards their final destination of Greece, picking up a pop group and a mysterious American singer along the way.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
  • What’s not in question is that greying is essentially universal given enough time, showing up across every population regardless of diet, climate or lifestyle, and doing nothing for survival or reproduction along the way.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • From a medium and long-term perspective, while Salmon, Dowman, Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly have been the shining lights of the academy in recent years, there have been areas for improvement along the way.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Somewhere along the way, not-so-subtle displays of antisemitism have emerged alongside the political and environmental grievances, unprecedented in a country that has long taken pride in having saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.
    — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • The Utah family is spending their summer road tripping through the Southeast and stopping at significant Civil Rights sites along the way, including the King Center in Atlanta.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Because of that, Lewandowski will leave the club on June 30 as a free agent, yet also a modern day club legend that lifted three La Liga titles while scoring 120 goals in 193 appearances along the way.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Colombia finished third in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying, beating Argentina and Brazil along the way.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • The 2,448-mile trip from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, doubles as the ultimate Americana museum, with classic roadside motels, historic neon signs, and oh-so-many quirky attractions along the way.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026

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