RUNS ALONG Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

runs along

verb

present tense third-person singular of run along

as in moves

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 runs along Jordan has one of the oldest Christian communities, and the country takes its name from the river that runs along its border with Israel and the West Bank, where Jesus is believed to have been baptized. — Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 Construction of the building was completed in 1886, and its entrance was then on the Carrera de San Jerónimo, the street that runs along the southern edge of the hotel today. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026 Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit oversees the southern portion of the project, which runs along a commuter rail line. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Ada County’s Barber Park, which runs along the river adjacent to Eckert Road, will remain accessible throughout the project, according to the agency. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026 Scenes from the Polish-Czech Friendship Trail, which runs along the border between the two countries and was originally open only to citizens of each. — Peter Kujawinski Lenka Grabicova, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The 25th District, which runs along the coast from Delray Beach to Miami Beach, was created this year by Republicans who control state government. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 The 16-acre property runs along C-470, just north of its interchange with Morrison Road. — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026 The song runs along a bouncing track with airy melodies swirling throughout each verse. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

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As part of its process, the powered gimbal moves the image around in the general direction the projector's already facing, stopping the movement several times in the process before continuing, and adjusting the image size several times as well.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Flight testing moves forward L3Harris has reached the second phase of the Army’s Xtended Range Counter-sUAS Missile program.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

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All entrances and exits to the city remained sealed, with the operation focused in Deir Bahha and another part of the city called Al-Jalda, according to Hebron Mayor Yousef Zuhair Al-Jabari.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
In video released by police, an officer exits his vehicle and points his gun at Ryan Hinton, who appears to be running away.

— Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of exits

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The pair departs campus for Chaffee County during rainy weather.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
For her, the biggest challenge is navigating the crowds in order to make it to the Shibuya Station and not miss the last train of the night, which departs around midnight.

— Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

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As the plasma gets hotter, its nuclei move faster, and a greater proportion of encounters occur at energies favorable for fusion.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
The background street gets wildly warped from distortion, and anything outside of the center suffers some detail loss.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of gets

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Feed your head Neagley gets off to a sluggish start, with a workmanlike, rather clumsy first episode largely spent establishing the main characters and central plot—and the writers lean a bit too hard on constant Chicago callbacks.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
But if Jackson gets off to a slow start under a new coaching staff, including first-time play-caller Declan Doyle, there’s room to fall.

— Jeff Howe, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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