all along

Example Sentences

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Israel has been searching for tunnels crossing between the Hamas and Israeli areas of control by drilling all along the yellow line.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Since then, the two sides have exchanged multiple proposals, with the threat of renewed war looming all along.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

“You want to start to free up some assets into something short-term so you aren’t ravaging your portfolio all along, saying ‘Oh shoot, the market just tanked, but I need money now,’” she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

"Even though I haven't told my real name until now, I feel like I have shared the real me all along and everything I've told them has been the truth," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Louis Béroud, the painter who’d discovered the Mona Lisa missing, had been right all along: The glass wasn’t the solution.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day