as in associates
a person frequently seen in the company of another
inseparable running mates who first met when they were in elementary school
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Recent Examples of running mates
The Timberwolves spent $225 million this summer to keep Julius Randle and Naz Reid as running mates for Anthony Edwards, and the Wolves return all but one key rotation player from a team that has made it to the Western Conference finals in each of the last two seasons.
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Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for running mates
Noun
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Some of Epstein’s associates appeared to joke about the prospect of his victims swimming away.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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Many of the assets are not in his own name, but instead held through a web of intermediaries, offshore companies, and business associates, Bloomberg reported.—
Emma Graham,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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Liberal Democrat lawmaker Liam McArthur, who drew up the Scottish bill, had urged colleagues to back it.—
JILL LAWLESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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Talarico has criticized his Republican colleagues in the Texas state legislature for allegedly being in the pockets of the petroleum industry.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Your steady nature sets a calm pace, so friends feel safe bringing ideas, and the plan grows at a sustainable rhythm.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Residents in houses gathered on rooftops and hung out of windows, with one girl with her leg outside tossing beers down from the second story to her friends on the porch.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes, Ramsden and his peers in Mississippi might hop down in the mud to lay irrigation pipe.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Kindness, to ourselves and our peers, carries us forward.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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My son and one of his buddies are always looking to make a few dollars.—
Campbell Vaughn,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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The buddies’ plan involves the retrieval of amoeba specimens from a celestial body orbiting Tau Ceti.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Running mates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20mates. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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