mates
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They are not sitting on the side watching their mates play, or they are not standing in goal watching their friends play.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The soon-to-open crossing will let the big cats seek mates in the Simi Hills and beyond — and allow fresh blood to travel into their neck of the woods, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
She says some children find it hard to quit if their mates are still doing it.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“I’d say about 90% of my mates don’t get it,” Carrick said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
But Tall Andras rubbed his hand across his thick blond beard, looked across the marketplace to where Water Claire stood fingering ribbons at a stall, and said to his mates, “She could be wed.”
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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