went by
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As summer went by, they all watched the ginkgo's branches increasingly go bare and brown.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In 2022, Charles Stilwell began chatting with a user on Facebook Messenger who went by the name Amity Zhang and told him about a supposed crypto investment pool run by her uncle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
She shared more and more as time went by, opening up her iPhone to us and showing photos that dated back more than a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Parkinson, who went by “Chip,” shared his adventures as an entertainment specialist truck driver on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The chickens, shut up in the coop for the night, cooed to each other as I went by but didn’t make too much fuss.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
