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Recent Examples of messmate
But the bacteria found inside those that received messmate microbes changed a lot.
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BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
As Rigg, an old friend of mine, later told me, Liebling put himself at ease during the pause, most notably as a messmate.
—Roger Angell, The New Yorker, 6 June 2019
BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
As Rigg, an old friend of mine, later told me, Liebling put himself at ease during the pause, most notably as a messmate.
—Roger Angell, The New Yorker, 6 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messmate
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In total, 58 of Upton’s shipmates died when the USS Utah quickly sank, and 461 sailors survived.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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With colleges enrolling more later-in-life students, having athlete classmates who are also later-in-life may seem normal and appropriate.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Katerina ‘Katy’ Puig, her classmate at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, 19, faces a lifetime of care after a suffering a traumatic brain injury.Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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His mother's independence as a nurse who ignored many of the Jim Crow South's racial segregation customs, and his exposure to Black playmates, clerics and, neighboring sharecroppers, formed his eventual embrace of equal opportunity for all Americans.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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His childhood animal playmates return to remind him about what matters in life, basically harassing him into becoming a better person.Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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Kolesar is always the first to drop the gloves to defend a teammate and is just flat-out better all over the ice than he’s been in previous seasons.Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Several Miami Heat teammates also made the trip to the Camarillo gym.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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My colleague Joe Reid has also chosen to shepherd one particular GoFundMe to completion.Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2025
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Our colleagues Sergio Hernández and Nat Lash began digging into the older datasets, turning them into a searchable format.Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2025
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Hollis, traumatized and grieving, embarked on a path that would lead to the fortress police build around their comrades.Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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In the first entry translated, the notebook's author wished a comrade a happy birthday on Dec. 9.David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Challenge your housemates to a game at the bowling alley at Beartooth Pub & Rec.Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Yet the audience soon comes back to reality to spend a few more scenes with the housemates.William Earl, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Her progress at Melbourne was stopped by Sabalenka at the semifinal stage and she was beaten twice by compatriot Emma Navarro in the last 16 at both Flushing Meadows and Wimbledon.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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But the 26-year-old was back alongside compatriot Cameron Carter-Vickers in the heart of Brendan Rodgers’ back line on Sunday for the game against St Mirren.Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Messmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messmate. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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