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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
This has led to some strange bedfellows.
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
This has created interesting bedfellows, where politicians on both sides of the aisle increasingly agree that regulations must be streamlined to support supply.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
This suggests that the Kinahans remain bedfellows with geopolitical pariahs.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Farmer livelihood at risk of 'withering away' Hoosier farmers and Chinese importers may make for strange bedfellows, but the simple mechanics of supply and demand have the two entangled financially.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025
More importantly, the film shows how extreme ideologies create strange bedfellows, which Baranov uses to his advantage, funding underground biker militias and esoteric religious headbangers alike as ballast to prop up Putin’s hardline rule.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
Seemingly strange bedfellows are making the case to protect public lands from auction.
—Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
This has created interesting bedfellows, where politicians on both sides of the aisle increasingly agree that regulations must be streamlined to support supply.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
This suggests that the Kinahans remain bedfellows with geopolitical pariahs.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Farmer livelihood at risk of 'withering away' Hoosier farmers and Chinese importers may make for strange bedfellows, but the simple mechanics of supply and demand have the two entangled financially.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025
More importantly, the film shows how extreme ideologies create strange bedfellows, which Baranov uses to his advantage, funding underground biker militias and esoteric religious headbangers alike as ballast to prop up Putin’s hardline rule.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
Seemingly strange bedfellows are making the case to protect public lands from auction.
—Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedfellows
Noun
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Both supporters and opponents see these early moves as test cases that are laying the groundwork for moving more of the agency's work to other parts of the government.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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Given Swift's pop culture influence and massive fanbase, some football players, like JJ Watt, were supporters long before Swift debuted her first tunnel fit.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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The question now turns to whether the US, UK and their allies can use the leverage from their joint operation effectively to dismantle the highly lucrative industry.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Tehran is likely to continue advancing its nuclear program and asserting regional influence while selectively engaging with allies and rivals.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Bedfellows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedfellows. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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