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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 bedfellows
Opposing groups make strange bedfellows The top financial backers of the opposition campaign for Amendment 5 aren’t typically associated with progressives.
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Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
The issue at hand – renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA – has created strange political bedfellows this year on Capitol Hill, miring lawmakers in a debate pitting privacy against safety while consuming much of Congress' election-year time.
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Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Artificial intelligence and unforgiving humanity are strange bedfellows.
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David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
There’s a clear irony here — WhatsApp and Meta make for uneasy bedfellows.
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Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
This is a true unlikely bedfellows situation, driven almost entirely by Lenya’s concern for his wife and son, who are in their government’s crosshairs.
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Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
In the wake of the Palisades Fire, political archrivals tasked with the re-build became strange bedfellows, tethered to the same torch.
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Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Was the arrangement, which rendered me and my grandfather bedfellows, a coincidence?
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Gabrielle Glancy,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2026
On the surface, Cannes and the Fast franchise would seem odd bedfellows, but there’s actually connective tissue here.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
The issue at hand – renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA – has created strange political bedfellows this year on Capitol Hill, miring lawmakers in a debate pitting privacy against safety while consuming much of Congress' election-year time.
—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Artificial intelligence and unforgiving humanity are strange bedfellows.
—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
There’s a clear irony here — WhatsApp and Meta make for uneasy bedfellows.
—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
This is a true unlikely bedfellows situation, driven almost entirely by Lenya’s concern for his wife and son, who are in their government’s crosshairs.
—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
In the wake of the Palisades Fire, political archrivals tasked with the re-build became strange bedfellows, tethered to the same torch.
—
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Was the arrangement, which rendered me and my grandfather bedfellows, a coincidence?
—
Gabrielle Glancy,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2026
On the surface, Cannes and the Fast franchise would seem odd bedfellows, but there’s actually connective tissue here.
—
Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedfellows
Noun
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The supporters started singing a few minutes after the final whistle blew, and the team exchanged hugs on the field.
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In the weeks since, Indian media has reported several student suicides allegedly linked to the immense pressure of the exams, which Dipke and his supporters commemorated this week by lighting candles.
Noun
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Only Burnham, his allies said, could stem the party’s electoral decline in a way that the hugely unpopular Starmer cannot.
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Under the hood, Espaillat is counting on his network of Dominican-American political allies, while Chevalier hopes Mamdani’s nod, along with her army of young volunteers, can tip the balance.
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