as in supporter
someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support
a child-welfare cause that has made bedfellows of activists who are normally on opposite ends of the political spectrum
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Music and fashion have long made for excellent bedfellows—whether high or low, historical or modern.
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Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Another coalition of strange bedfellows existed two decades ago, before the shale boom, when the United States imported huge quantities of oil from sometimes unstable regions that posed a national security threat.
—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2022
Art And Science Collide Art and science appear unlikely bedfellows.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Despite his deviations from Trumpism, any notion that Vance and the Democrats could become bedfellows, however strange, is unlikely.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Another coalition of strange bedfellows existed two decades ago, before the shale boom, when the United States imported huge quantities of oil from sometimes unstable regions that posed a national security threat.
—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2022
Art And Science Collide Art and science appear unlikely bedfellows.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Despite his deviations from Trumpism, any notion that Vance and the Democrats could become bedfellows, however strange, is unlikely.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Bedfellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedfellow. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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