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companion

[kuhm-pan-yuhn] / kəmˈpæn jən /


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But part of her longs for a companion without fins and scales.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Their observations, obtained with ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, suggested that a moon-like companion might exist, but they did not establish a definitive detection.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

As McHenry and her companion eventually start to leave on their own, a clear liquid can be seen hitting or coming close to hitting her on the back of the head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Some people might think that if you can't afford to feed it, then don't have it, but if it's your only companion you have, they can keep people going," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Like his companion in the other canoe, he was scanning the banks as he sliced the water with powerful strokes.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The new Vision returns to a lonely, disconnected world where AI companions are an increasing part of our lives, if not entirely normalized.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

With great humanity, “Ulysses S. Cat” makes the case for pets, not as toys or diversions, but as companions in joy, sorrow and all the rest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Until now, observations of close interactions between stars and their planetary companions have largely emphasized either stable orbits or relatively rapid engulfment events.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Brussels last month also proposed forcing companies to make AI companions and chatbots safe before children use them.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Some of them worked in the dark, feeling their way blindly, in cold so fierce their hands froze to the metal tools they held as they made sure their companions were able to fly.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

It should be companioned with a key and a glossary like the Berlitz books.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

He sat at the end of the table companioned only by his wife, the conservative journalist Barbara Amiel.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016

"All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world," she says.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2013

Jonah the prophet lived in the desert, daily companioned by such birds and beasts as lions, mice, gazelles and ravens, lying down at night with the gentle foxes of Tob.

From Time Magazine Archive

She sees me companioned for the evening, and is glad to seek her room early; if you were not here she would insist upon our game of cards.

From The Life of Nancy by Sarah Orne Jewett

Neither Ellaline nor Emily had suggested companioning me, and though I must say I had thought of proposing it to Ellaline, I hadn't found the courage.

From Set in Silver by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Things hadn’t gone very well with him that day and he had waited for Jane for a little companioning.

From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Lily Munsell Ritchie

Some take the words "which followed them" to mean that the spiritual rock accompanied the children of Israel, companioning with them—"comitante petra," not "petra consequente," Christ being spiritually present in the word and by faith.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker

Once at the fort, companioning with De Baugis, and 305 with no one to deny the truth of his words, his very nature would compel him to boast of his marriage to Adele la Chesnayne.

From Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West by Randall Parrish

We repeated the “soft words” over and over, companioning them with “O they banish our anger forever When they laurel the graves of our dead.”

From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed


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