playmate
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The clip highlighted an obvious imbalance between a male figure – disingenuously portrayed as a fellow playmate – in a position of power to a teenage girl.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2024
But in the meantime, mother chimps continue to be their offspring's primary playmate, tickling, chasing, playing 'airplane'.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
It can provide a playmate for your kids, a jogging buddy for you and a loyal companion for everyone to cuddle with on the couch.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
“Blueback” gets its title from the pet name a young diver gives her aquatic playmate.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Throughout this time of loss and salvation, Bwanga had remained Ruth May’s most loyal playmate.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
His playmates have nicknamed him “petit éclair” for his soft heart, which they mistake for weakness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
This time, in late September, the rabbit was still there, but it had no playmates.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
"But when they're doing that, they are also limiting the ability of their young ones to play with others, and the moms become the primary playmates," said Sabbi.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
She joined them, and because she wore shorts, Poulami's playmates initially assumed that she too was a boy.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2023
When Duncan was a boy, his after- school playmates were the underprivileged kids his mother cared for.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
