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The district plan also includes unpaid furlough days for workers, but employees unions so far are not going along.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

In an ancient form of marking homework, a second person's hand can be seen changing mistakes, "going along and correcting them later and adding breath marks", he said.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Having judges acknowledging this outright—by publicly criticizing their colleagues for going along with it—seems like a requisite for doing something about it.

From Slate May 18, 2026

Meanwhile ordinary people, lacking the specialized knowledge to draw their own conclusions, feel cowed into going along with it all.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

“Yes, that sounds like my Miss Katherine, all right,” I say, going along with the act just in case anyone might be listening.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland



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