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fraternized

verb

past tense of fraternize

as in traveled

to come or be together as friends don't fraternize just with people of the same race, religion, or social background

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as in mingled

to take part in social activities a group of kids fraternizing together after school every day

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Recent Examples of fraternized Amid the jubilation of the liberation, there is a darker side, as women who fraternized with German soldiers are tracked down and brutally publicly shamed. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026 Soldiers arrived on August 10, fraternized with the settlers, prayed with them, and declared the area a Closed Military Zone. — David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2026 The Gelmans fraternized with Mexico’s bohemian avant-garde and hosted soirees at opulent residences in Mexico and New York. — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

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Tiny creatures like crabs and ants traveled huge distances, encountering all sorts of dangers—driven by the instinct to lay eggs and reproduce at any cost.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Our photographers also visited park openings in Davis and Sacramento, and travelled to the remote Placer County community of Iowa Hill after a sheriff’s deputies engaged in a two-hour shootout with a man who killed a woman in a home nearby.

— Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

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The juicy slab of brisket was roughly double the diameter of the plush biscuit, and the flavors mingled well.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Guests mingled at the Bill Blass town house Thursday night for an up-close look at the vintage Bill Blass pieces, fashion sketches and personal letters across the designer’s career that are being auctioned at Christie’s.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

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SpaceX says this removes potential failure points associated with a separate hydraulic system and with running out of hydraulic fluid.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Very strong El Niño events has been associated with floods and famine in the past.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

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Researchers mixed ice with cellulose nanocrystals, extremely small, stiff particles made from cellulose.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Beyond’s sound and look, which mixed international rock influences with a Hong Kong that was changing fast through the 1980s and early 1990s, became bound up with a generation of young fans.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026

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Perhaps this accident of birth is connected to the subtle rebuff of modern life in Marcon’s films.

— Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
Health officials said an individual with measles passed through Philadelphia International Airport and that the case is not connected to the recent exposure that occurred at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of connected

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It’s not known which artist helped craft her Sunday night aesthetic; however, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has famously collaborated with visionary Lorrie Turk.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2026
With his former bandmate Grohl, Novoselic has collaborated on several songs for Foo Fighters, the band Grohl started in 1994.

— Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of collaborated

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While working with the five Flipper dolphins for the show, O’Barry spent nearly all his time with them and bonded with the marine mammals.

— Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Historically, that’s something that Salt Lake in particular has been good at showcasing given the intense situations that have bonded a group that, save for the felon, have almost all been on this ride since the beginning.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

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