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buddy

[buhd-ee] / ˈbʌd i /


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Related: My golf buddy worked as a financial adviser.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

When Owen Wilson signed on to do a buddy action thriller with muscular "Reacher" star Alan Ritchson, he understood very quickly there would have to be a strict division of labor on set.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

They are required to buddy up and given curfews according to rank.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

The buddy comedy “Deadpool & Wolverine” had its claws into July after it earned $211 million domestically in its opening weekend in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

They sat on a buddy bench outside, near the bus parking lot.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

It’s hard not to walk out of “Nimrods” with a little spark of desire to start a punk band and hit the road with your buddies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Chinese users of AI-powered companion bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their virtual buddies as national regulations took effect Wednesday aimed at curbing the risk of emotional dependency.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Before the plates were cleared, Greg Abbott told his buddies around the table that there was something else he wanted to order—and it wasn’t on the menu.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

I guess being buddies at swanky Hamptons parties in the ’90s only goes so far.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

I had my high-powered mom posse, and Barack spent what little leisure time he had playing basketball with a group of buddies.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

While his daughter and her friend were “bopping away” to every song, Grant said, he buddied up with Swift’s boyfriend, NFL tight end Travis Kelce.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2024

As for Undecided, Robinson buddied up with Dawn Potts, her off-trail name, for the first 100 miles of the trek.

From Washington Post Apr. 6, 2023

A 12-year-old girl who has just recovered from leukaemia has been buddied with a West End star through Momentum Children's Charity.

From BBC Mar. 21, 2022

By then he had buddied up with Chilean Yonathan Jesús Fernández and Mexican Germán Madrozo, whose prospects were as farcically bad as his were.

From The Guardian Jan. 1, 2019

They buddied up at movies and concerts; shared books and records.

From New York Times Jan. 27, 2016

That could look like buddying up with people you already live with, or who you are already consciously choosing to socialize with.

From Slate Jun. 1, 2020

Now we have NK and China buddying up,especially at a crucial time following the trade issues.

From New York Times Mar. 27, 2018

On another wall: a picture of Dixie Fuller, former stage manager for the band Alabama, buddying up with ZZ Top.

From Washington Post Sep. 20, 2017

But when his scar starts to sting again, he assumes the darkness that he feels and his disturbing dreams must be connected to the former Death Eater’s son who is buddying up to his son.

From Washington Times Aug. 5, 2016

Vonetta, who was buddying up to one of the three sisters, could get her own toast.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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