Along
Along adverb - Toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time.
Long
Long adverb - For an extended distance.
Along and long are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Along" instead the word "Long" as an adverb or a preposition.
Nearby Word: longed
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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And the computer, for some reason, just loves to grind along the spiraling elements, up and down, all day long.
Source: "Get Back Here!" Boss -
Comment sections can have overly long gags where posters keep trying to one up each other or just follow along.
Source: Overly Long Gag - Advanced Warfighter can have rather long times between checkpoints, along with some of the levels being very long in themselves.
Source: Check Point Starvation
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