pal
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He is approached by an old Army pal, Wild Bill Grimsley, now in charge of shepherding Asian high-rollers around the top-of-the-line Bacchanal casino.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Not his childhood pal and Scotland team-mate Jake Wightman.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
It only occurred to me recently that Sarandon was 44 years old when she played Louise, the pal who pulled the trigger.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
British artists Ed Sheeran -- another Swift pal -- and Paul McCartney may also go on stage.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Maybe that’s what my pen pal was trying to tell me in the last chapter of our story.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
“But we are not looking for people to be pen pals, which seems to be what everybody wants to do. We need real help.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
“We’re not quite sure what the rules of the sport are, so we’re a little lost,” said Hughes, 57, who was hosting her college pals at her nearby summer home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
As lab-coated figures played by Kate McKinnon and Geena Davis attempt to deliver exposition, the pals drown them out chit-chatting about drivel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Would James return home to Cleveland, return to Miami, possibly join pals Stephen Curry and Draymond Green at Golden State?
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
They’re great pals now, Freddie, seven, Malachy, two.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
In the early 1960s, when Robert Duvall was struggling to make it in New York City, he palled around with a couple of fellow actors also trying to find their way in the business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Billionaires Bill Gates and Peter Thiel palled around with Epstein long after his conviction, as did Kathryn Ruemmler, one of the top lawyers in the Obama administration, who is now General Counsel at Goldman Sachs.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025
He cracked corny jokes, flubbed lines to prepared speeches and kept important business people waiting while he palled around with schoolchildren.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
She relished learning about religious traditions and sorting through classic theological dilemmas, but eventually the course palled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
And when the garden palled, Elizebeth and William had another retreat to sustain them—their library.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
A magic bottle grants wishes, including palling around with Peyton Manning and Post Malone.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
Swift, 33, and Kelce have been palling around for the better part of a month after the football star revealed in late September that he “threw the ball in her court.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Plus, Musk might be a bit busy to be palling around with the powerful in snowy Switzerland.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
But what good is palling around with people in a sprawling, interconnected virtual space if you can’t feel the “world” around you?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2022
Once, in the middle of a dense stand of oak, they came face-to-face with three men palling a load of firewood in an ax cart, with no way for either to get around.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
