as in associates
a person frequently seen in the company of another
the actor's agent is a hobnobber with a lot of big movie producers
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In Colombia, there have been multiple investigations into Petro's closest associates.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
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Investigators identified Carrillo and his associates as part of a drug trafficking operation responsible for manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine in Calaveras County.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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The director of aviation, Haley Gentry, makes the most compared to her department colleagues.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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He’s still based at Salt Lake City International, where his 20-year-old daughter works as a TSA agent, and says that seeing his former colleagues struggling is difficult.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Deputies said the man was visiting the river with friends and was not from the area.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Your problems are valid, and true friends will want to know and want to help.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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In one study cited in the review, adolescent athletes with poor mental health and well-being were one-and-a-half times more likely to sustain an injury compared with their peers without mental health problems.—
Ian McMahan,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Petzold had arrived arrogant and entitled; confronted by the technical ability and imagination of his peers, he was humbled, then stultified.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Hobnobbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hobnobbers. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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