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playmate

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Recent Examples of playmate Trading McTavish netted the Ducks another $7 million to play with, and now there are indications that a worthy playmate may be headed to the trade market. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 28 June 2026 Pepper’s slow pace, long pauses before taking a turn, and apparent determination to win often clashed with participants’ expectations of how a human-like playmate should behave. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026 The criticism came amid the former Playboy playmate's recent Instagram post, which provided an update on her weight loss journey with the telehealth company Effecty. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026 The pandemic a handful of years ago put parents and children in the same space for extended periods, with moms and dads taking on even more concentrated roles of teacher, coach, and playmate, Price-Glynn says, evermore raising the need to talk about things like parental burnout and respite. — Kimberly Phillips, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for playmate

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His faith becomes tested by his burgeoning relationship with Lilith (Skye Alyssa Friedman), a classmate who takes every opportunity to thumb her nose at the confines of religion.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 July 2026
My dad’s stories about his grade-school experience felt like dark fables, peppered with slurs hurled at him by classmates.

— Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026

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The season also introduced Garrett's teammates and housemates, John Logan (Antonio Cipriano), John Tucker (Jalen Thomas Brooks) and Dean DiLaurentis (Stephen Kalyn), as well as Hannah's best friend Allie (Mika Abdalla).

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
What differentiates misophonia from simply wanting to snatch that bag of chips away from your crunching housemate?

— Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 9 June 2026

Definition of housemate

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Dodgers pitcher Jack Dreyer pitched a scoreless first inning before his teammate Charlie Barnes stepped and struggled to contain the A’s.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Koné, 24, could be seen hobbling onto the field on his good leg to celebrate with his teammates after Stephen Eustáquio scored a game-winning shot in extra time.

— Jaclyn Hendricks, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

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If that’s you, then your roommate can use it on the Basic plan with no upgrade needed.

— Sharon Wu, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Think the college roommate who referred you for your first real job, the sorority sister who made one phone call that opened a door no resume could have or the former colleague who vouched for you at exactly the right moment.

— Crystal Gilmore, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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