as in traveling
to come or be together as friends
they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team
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His work as The Arizona Republic’s consumer travel reporter aims to help readers navigate the stresses of traveling and get the best value for their money on their vacations.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Theories about this abound—all have their evidentiary shortcomings—but Greenblatt agrees with a common one that sees Marlowe traveling to France and uncovering Catholic conspiracies against the Crown.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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But the 27-year-old Alabama man didn’t see through on that promise and ended up staying in Fiji and hooking up with other lovelies.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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But Foster, who initially had the pair hooking up, only to scrap that plan during production, didn’t have clear answers for her or her co-star.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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But communal norms have no room for the unique nature of their relationship; having learned of the friendship, Kammo’s aunt forbids the girl from associating with the Muslim Hamida, and this rupture reignites Hamida’s previous trauma of repudiation.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Younger Democrats are increasingly associating her with the past and see her as part of the problem that let Donald Trump back into the White House rather than a credible candidate for 2028.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Apple isn't messing around with this update.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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The dismantling of the Cubs in the NLDS was a statement series that the Brewers are not messing around and have the power to win their first World Series.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Prior to October 2023, Israel had occupied both Gaza and the West Bank since 1967—the longest-running military occupation in modern history.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The country’s electoral commission said Hassan had won 98% of the votes in an election where several opposition politicians were barred from running, and many were arrested.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the below interview, Lockhart dives further into differentiating the stories, connecting the dots with very specific references to both books set on Beechwood Island, and where the hope lies in her newest novel, now out in bookstores.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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People are connecting through social media posts or grassroots efforts within communities to provide food assistance, and a brother-sister pair also launched a website that can link up people nationally.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Garner takes the diary form, mixing the intimate, the intellectual, and the everyday, to new heights.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Cursed Daughters is more of an intergenerational saga, mixing comedy and tragedy in the way all families do.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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Meet Cute founder Naomi Shah is joining Fox as senior vp operations and strategy, focusing on AI innovation, entertainment technology and IP expansion.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Before joining the assembly, Mamdani worked for a year at a housing nonprofit.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Palling (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palling%20%28around%29. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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