chum
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Bad news, chums: You’re characters in a movie by the Dardenne Brothers, whose cinema is a landscape of the wretched, dismal and deprived.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Chris and Angela have been codependent chums since college.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025
Five months after his epic rant, Roy and his chums have the same amount to celebrate—basically nothing—and a lot more to complain about.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2024
You remembered the halcyon days of the first coming of Brendan Rodgers and the unmerciful hidings his team doled out to their chums from across the city.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2023
She faced Zack's petrified chums and raised an eyebrow.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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