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
  • Culture travels further than any courier shipping Solar Buddies worldwide.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Likewise, the biking route usually travels by the Columbine Mine near 12,600 feet in elevation south of Twin Lakes and organizers hope to keep that feature on the route.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 July 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
  • 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
  • Its lightweight frame packages a swift 5-minute charge option that hooks up 3 hours of extra listening, Multi-Point device switching, and Voice Aware side-tone monitoring for phone calls.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
Definition of hooks up
Verb
  • 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
  • Once there, Emily bonds with four other counselors — played by Alice Wordsworth, Cherry Moore, Lea Rose Sebastianis and Ella Reece — who begin to explore their witchy reality together.
    — William Earl, Variety, 26 June 2026
Definition of bonds
Verb
  • Stone runs it with his brother, Luke, and named it after their grandmother, who lived on a farm outside Melbourne.
    — Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • And his batting run value (which measures how many runs a hitter adds or loses for their team) is a whopping (or dismal) -14.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of runs
Verb
  • But first, on the Roundtable, Variety TV critic Aramide Tinubu joins us to give some of her summer TV picks and hot takes on the Emmy noms.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The 23-year-old’s name joins that of compatriots Ayako Okamoto (1984), Hinako Shibuno (2019) and last year’s champion golfer Miyū Yamashita — who failed to make the cut this weekend — on the silver trophy.
    — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of joins
Verb
  • To get there, Southeast Asia needs an integrated ecosystem that connects Earth observation, AI, scientific expertise and trusted public institutions.
    — Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Its design seamlessly connects guests to the sea through floor-to-ceiling glass, an infinity Aqua Pool, and panoramic lounges.
    — Stephanie Orma, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of connects
Verb
  • The team collaborates closely with global commercial bankers, Merrill, the private bank and the local market organization.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • King Princess has also worked closely with Aaron Dessner, who often collaborates with Swift.
    — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Definition of collaborates
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“Pals (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pals%20%28around%29. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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