as in supporter
someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support
a child-welfare cause that has made bedfellows of activists who are normally on opposite ends of the political spectrum
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Recent Examples of bedfellow
Now, those advocates count the city’s last major professional sports franchise — whose messy divorce with Oakland helped tank owner John Fisher’s reputation among residents — as an unusual bedfellow.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
Once a niche cause for environmental advocacy groups, the task has won support from many strange bedfellows, including Republican state lawmakers.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 8 Mar. 2026
The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in an important gun case that has united an array of strange bedfellows, from conservative gun rights groups to liberal civil liberties groups.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026
These two worlds may seem like strange bedfellows—what does a luxury hotel in Switzerland’s Engadine valley have to do with the king of the 1980s downtown New York art scene?
—Laura May Todd, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
Once a niche cause for environmental advocacy groups, the task has won support from many strange bedfellows, including Republican state lawmakers.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 8 Mar. 2026
The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in an important gun case that has united an array of strange bedfellows, from conservative gun rights groups to liberal civil liberties groups.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026
These two worlds may seem like strange bedfellows—what does a luxury hotel in Switzerland’s Engadine valley have to do with the king of the 1980s downtown New York art scene?
—Laura May Todd, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedfellow
Noun
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In her concession statement, McDonnell said her campaign had been to provide Republican voters with a choice to fill the open seat, thanking her supporters.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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While Lamont and gun safety advocates strongly favor the measure, supporters of the Second Amendment have been pushing back in both oral and written testimony to the judiciary committee that included more than 180 comments written anonymously.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Paradoxically, this could help fund the war against the United States and its allies.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel overnight and continued targeting America's Gulf allies.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Bedfellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedfellow. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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