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as in traveling
to come or be together as friends
in her sermon the minister noted that Jesus had companied with the least privileged and most disadvantaged members of society
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as in accompanying
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
may the Good Lord company you on your journey home
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Verb
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Did the connotations of travelling with Spirit carry a sense of embarrassment?—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026 -
Residents of multiple countries, including the United States, are being monitored for hantavirus after traveling on the MV Hondius, an Oceanwide Expeditions cruise ship now tied to several cases of the virus.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
Verb
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No Doubt's Adrian Young, Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal and Tom Dumont tour The No Doubt Experience, the immersive fan pop-up accompanying their Las Vegas residency at Sphere.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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The accompanying bathroom sports dual quartz vanities and an oversize porcelain shower topped by an arched clerestory window.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
8 May 2026
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Harvard University’s president and four other administrators formed what became known as the Secret Court to investigate students suspected of being gay or associating with gay students.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Does that ever give you pause about associating yourself so fully with one brand?—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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The 55-year-old was not merely a popular and outgoing executive, equally comfortable at the head of a conference room or mingling with theme-park visitors.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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As well as mingling with members of the royal family, guests are treated to tea and cake.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
Verb
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The young players seem to like how Harbaugh is teaching and relating, too.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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Some of them are old systems of knowledge, ways of relating the body to fertility, death, and survival.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Parents will appreciate that each floor has connecting room options.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Yastrzemski, one of Atlanta’s key offseason acquisitions, had gone 116 at-bats in 38-plus games before connecting on his first long ball.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
13 May 2026
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Then the Knicks coach, Mike Brown, tweaked the offense, running more of it through Towns, and the team became a juggernaut.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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People running this Daily News must live in a parallel universe.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
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The calf has been bonding with his mother, Belle, behind the scenes and learning how to swim.—
Harriet Ramos
May 7,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
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For somebody with a 12-person kill list, Etta has a total lack of urgency, working her two jobs, bonding with her two new besties and embarking on a wholly unconvincing love story with a college student named Matt (Tyler Tomás Perez, less appealing here than on Abbott Elementary).—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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“Companying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companying. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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