as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
I always choose my best pal for my softball team first
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More than a decade after A-aron became a breakout, Key named one of B’s bot pals A-atron.
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Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
And surely, the fading Jets quarterback has no stomach to cast aside Nathaniel Hackett, his pal of a coordinator.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
The most damaging was the hiring of inept offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett — a longtime pal of Rodgers.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
When a public figure sits across from a podcast host to embark on a purportedly shapeless, stream-of-consciousness chat suffused with crude jokes and senseless tangents, an odd alchemy occurs: the speakers begin to sound like pals bantering at a pre-game, with the listener as a silent confidant.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
And surely, the fading Jets quarterback has no stomach to cast aside Nathaniel Hackett, his pal of a coordinator.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
The most damaging was the hiring of inept offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett — a longtime pal of Rodgers.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
When a public figure sits across from a podcast host to embark on a purportedly shapeless, stream-of-consciousness chat suffused with crude jokes and senseless tangents, an odd alchemy occurs: the speakers begin to sound like pals bantering at a pre-game, with the listener as a silent confidant.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pal. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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