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threesome

[three-suhm] / ˈθri səm /
NOUN
three of something
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


NOUN
sexual activity with three people
Synonyms


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A couple of days later, with Lalas dispatched north for USMNT’s second game against Australia, the Fox panel returned as a threesome.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Defending champion Jason Day was in a large group trailing by three after he and Jordan Spieth, the biggest local favorite with Scheffler absent, struggled down the stretch playing in the same threesome.

From Seattle Times May 2, 2024

In the threesome right behind was Lucas Glover, who pulled even with a birdie at 10 before a double bogey at the 11th.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2024

“The Walkers,” at an hour, is longer than “Four Portraits” and “Night” combined, so those shorter pieces naturally feel like interludes, breaking up a work that would otherwise dominate the threesome.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2023

Palmer noticed that Beans, Mutto and Henry always worked as a threesome.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

While the initial rounds were played at a refreshing two-ball pace, the last lap was conducted in stodgy threesomes with half the field playing the back nine first.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2024

The Lakers play their first home game Thursday night against the talented Phoenix Suns, who have one of the most lethal threesomes in the league in Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2023

The leaders will tee off Sunday morning just before 9 a.m. — about 5 hours before the original schedule — and threesomes will start on both the front and back nine.

From Seattle Times Jul. 1, 2023

Because Augusta officials wanted to squeeze in as much golf as possible Saturday, they sent the field off for the third round in threesomes from both the first and 10th tees.

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2023

He teed another ball, and the threesomes had become a mere golf lesson, plus a clash of personalities.

From The Wrong Twin by Harry Leon Wilson




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