pals (around)

verb

present tense third-person singular of pal (around)
as in travels
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pals (around)
  1. travels
  2. associates
  3. hooks up
  4. bonds
  5. runs
  6. joins
  7. connects
  8. collaborates
Verb
  • But the moon's low gravity — around 17% that of Earth — means the dust that an impact stirs up travels a long way and takes a long time to settle, McDowell said.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Watch On In 15th-century Japan, Ashitaka (Yoji Matsuda), the prince of a dying kingdom called Emishi, is infected by a forest demon and travels west searching for a forest god that provides a cure.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of travels
Verb
  • The productivity boom everyone associates with the personal computer didn’t actually show up in the macro data until 15 years after the PC was commercialized.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • The two-time Oscar winner, who was born in Concord and grew up in the East Bay, associates that sign with some of his favorite Bay Area childhood memories.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
Definition of associates
Verb
  • Tony contains details directly pulled from Kitchen Confidential, including a memorable moment in which one of the cooks (Leo Woodall) hooks up with a bride who visits the restaurant immediately following her own wedding.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And Cody still comes out before the season starts and takes BP, hooks up the kids with some Nike stuff.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of hooks up
Verb
  • Gaby bonds with a new, albeit reluctant, patient, Maya (Sherry Cola), only to be devastated when Maya takes her own life.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In the film, Field portrays Tova, the cleaning lady who bonds with the somewhat cranky Marcellus, an octopus wise behind his years, in Netflix’s screen adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling novel.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 July 2026
Definition of bonds
Verb
  • Across the sector as a whole, average payout now runs closer to seven percent, but that average conceals where the money sits.
    — Vandana Arcot, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The deepening rift comes as da Silva, a leftist, runs for a fourth term.
    — Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of runs
Verb
  • The water tower joins two other places on the estate — the Gardens House, which sleeps eight, and the Folly, which sleeps six — that are available to rent.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Tromp, familiar to National League rival Atlanta Braves fans from his multiple stints there, joins the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of joins
Verb
  • The athlete had a rare cancer known as nasopharyngeal cancer, which affects the tissue that connects the back of the nose to the back of the mouth, per Cleveland Clinic.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, is located between Yemen and the Horn of Africa, connects the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the Red Sea and, farther north, the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of connects
Verb
  • In addition to the Formula One series, Glenfiddich also collaborates with Aston Martin's road car division on ultra-premium vintage releases aimed at collectors.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The initiative collaborates with the Shark Lab to share sightings with the public and lifeguards in the SharkEye project.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of collaborates
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