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Recent Examples of playfellow
De La Warr — whose father was a childhood playfellow of Milne’s son Christopher Robin, the inspiration of the Winnie the Pooh stories — owns Buckhurst Park in East Sussex, which contains the forest known as the Hundred Acre Wood featured in the beloved children’s tales.
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Téa Kvetenadze, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
Téa Kvetenadze, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playfellow
Noun
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The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
29 Dec. 2024
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Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery's tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery.—
Brian Smith,
arkansasonline.com,
29 Dec. 2024
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Spokespersons for Hartford Public Schools did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday as to what measures school officials would take to assist students grappling with a classmate being shot.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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At 17, an age when her classmates gravitated towards whatever was trendy, Bahng was singing along to Air Supply and whoever else came on her mother’s favorite oldies radio station.—
Jae-Ha Kim,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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Dozens of schoolmates chattered happily under the pines, kicking a soccer ball on sun-streaked grass, climbing a play structure and scarfing down pizza.—
Teresa Watanabe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Hayden’s own GoFundMe is full of the names of industry friends, childhood schoolmates, total strangers and people from around the world.—
Cindy Carcamo,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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But the bacteria found inside those that received messmate microbes changed a lot.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Sep. 2019
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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
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His second shot at finding love on national television begins on Jan. 27 — and Ellis is ready to draft his forever teammate.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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At first glance, the push from his teammates appeared to be unsuccessful in getting a new set of downs.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Lewis said being from Kansas, lots of her students and colleagues went to watch the prestigious skating championship.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee and,
Kansas City Star,
30 Jan. 2025
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The city charter allows city council to expel their colleagues for violation of their rules with a two-thirds vote.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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Betty White's sweet, ever-cheery Rose — a role that snagged her an Emmy Award in 1986 — may not have all the zingers on The Golden Girls, but her rants and tangents draw priceless looks from her housemates and adoration from viewers.—
Margaret Lyons,
EW.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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During the days, the three remaining housemates avoided one another.—
Ian Frisch,
Curbed,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Playfellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playfellow. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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