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Noun
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Volunteer buddies pitch in - mostly from local high schools - to support each player one-on-one.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026 -
All his buddies are killed, and the lone survivor returns home to be haunted by their memories.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The divorced mom of three, along with Ramirez and some pals, soaked up the sun, rode on personal watercraft and careened down a giant slide.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as childhood pals turned hot and bothered frenemies having quite the torrid love affair as adults in a sumptuous and quite haughty bad romance.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
Noun
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In this entry, the third of the series, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his chums at a children’s finishing school for magicians called Hogwarts must work together to protect Harry from a killer named Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), who intends to kill the young wizard.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
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Now, Byfield and chums are hitting their stride at the right moment.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Mira’s first middle-school dance was coming up, and there was discussion among her friends about dresses and hair styles.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Other changes would require private guardians to attest to the court that their efforts to locate family or friends were exhausted prior to appointment.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
Noun
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When published in 1844, Dumas' novel, which evokes the adventures of musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and d'Artagnan — yes, there were actually four musketeers — became an overnight sensation.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
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While the hero existed — as did Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, or at least musketeers with similar names — most of the actual stories are invented, either by the sensationalist biographer or Dumas himself.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This man and his cronies are almost singlehandedly destroying America.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Republican presidents have displayed a decades-long tendency to fill the top spot with political cronies or pro-business activists masquerading as worker advocates, or worse.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Spending two-plus hours of quality time with a randy demon and his dead compadres turns out to be fun.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Even in a household with two working partners, there is a disparity in the distribution of physical, cognitive and emotional labor, often referred to as invisible labor.—
Patricia Neligan,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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In some cases, payments for long-term partners will be allowed, and is worth investigating to see whether certain documentation needs to be completed in advance, such as an expression of wish form.—
Marc Shoffman,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
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“Hail-fellows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hail-fellows. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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