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followed

  • past participle
    of follow.
    follow
    verb (used with object)
    to come after in sequence, order of time, etc..
  • past tense form
    of follow.
    follow
    verb (used with object)
    to come after in sequence, order of time, etc..

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Current regulations limit long-haul drivers to a maximum of driving for 11 hours within a single 14-hour on-duty window, followed by a mandatory 10-hour break.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Pavlov’s Dog’s second release “At the Sound of the Bell” followed in 1976 and its third, “Lost in America,” came more than a decade later in 1990.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Lions' T20s in the Caribbean are followed by five one-day matches, with the squad for that series captained by Test batter Dan Lawrence.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Their last film together was 2018's "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs", an offbeat Oscar-nominated Western starring Tim Blake Nelson, which followed the 1950s Hollywood-set satirical comedy "Hail, Caesar!" in 2016.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

I think about all the times I blindly followed him around, doing his bidding, happy that there was a place for me in his world.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam