buddy
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Watch an Oscar-worthy performance: The filmmaker behind The Banshees of Inisherin is back with another pitch-black buddy comedy.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
And for those who didn’t go alone, finding a buddy was half the fun.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
"You're floating around in the air, and you give a little tap with your foot, and you can sail over to say hello to your buddy."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Was Mr Belding your dimples karaoke birthday buddy?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Layla, this is my buddy Specialist Adams. Fred.”
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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The two quickly bonded over a shared interest in math and trading, and teamed up with one of Harrington’s buddies from Princeton to launch Varrd, which trades in predictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
We met on “Cuckoo’s Nest” and we’ve been dear, dear buddies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“We hit it off, and we’ve been great buddies since,” Lombardi said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 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
If you watched them walk down the school corridor together, you would figure they were buddies from the football team.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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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
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
Ministers’ aides were buddied up and told to get to grips with a different department so they could shadow each other if another fell sick.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2021
He greeted Smith whenever he got off the team bus; he walked on the beach with him; he buddied up to other players.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2017
Today, parents are just one click away: buddied up on Facebook, logging on to Tumblr, peering over cryptic text messages and trying to get a glimpse of Snapchat images before they dissolve into the ether.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2013
That’s what makes the negotiations so comical, and Moore looks like a fool for buddying up to John Angelos.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2023
The attorneys were buddying up to the client, like “I could do this for you, I’m going to do that for you, you can call me 24/7, I’m always available, I have your back.”
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2019
He has veered between buddying up to China’s President Xi Jinping and attacking Beijing over trade.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2018
Now we have NK and China buddying up,especially at a crucial time following the trade issues.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018
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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