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Recent Examples of playfellow
De La Warr — whose father was a childhood playfellow of Milne’s son Christopher Robin, the inspiration of the Winnie the Pooh stories — owns Buckhurst Park in East Sussex, which contains the forest known as the Hundred Acre Wood featured in the beloved children’s tales.
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Téa Kvetenadze, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
Téa Kvetenadze, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playfellow
Noun
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At one point, a White House police officer captured a wild male raccoon and offered him as a playmate: the male, named Rueben, ran away, and Rebecca lived on in stately solitude.—
Katherine Rundell,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
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While some owners might opt to add a playmate to the mix, not all cats desire having another pet in the house.—
Liz O'Connell,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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The startling trends of men across a range of metrics serves as the cultural context into which Adolescence lets off a gendered bomb: a young boy angrily murders a female classmate who has questioned his masculinity.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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No hate crime charges will be brought against the 15-year-old who assaulted his Muslim classmate in Ardrey Kell High School in March, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said Wednesday.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2025
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Almost a decade in the making, and currently in post-production, the film will recount the harrowing story of the nine Charbonneau sisters and their childhood schoolmates who endured horrific abuse at St. Paul’s Indian Mission School in Marty, South Dakota.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
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In the limited series — which consists of four episodes that take place in real-time and are all achieved with one camera take — Jamie is suspected in the murder of a 13-year-old female schoolmate named Katie.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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In total, 58 of Upton’s shipmates died when the USS Utah quickly sank, and 461 sailors survived.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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But the bacteria found inside those that received messmate microbes changed a lot.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Sep. 2019
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As Rigg, an old friend of mine, later told me, Liebling put himself at ease during the pause, most notably as a messmate.—
Roger Angell,
The New Yorker,
6 June 2019
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Her Japanese teammate, Mone Chiba, was third with 215.24 points while Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn gave the Americans three of the top five.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Dunk’s Brighton teammate Solly March is also expected to be back in contention after missing the 2-2 league draw at Manchester City before the international break.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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That was certainly the case for marine biologist Professor Rochelle Constantine and her colleagues at the University of Auckland, who did not expect to find an octopus riding a shark.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Leavitt and her colleagues could stock the briefing room’s front rows with sycophantic figures – or move more serious questioners to the back.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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While a complete picture of that morning has yet to form, the surviving roommates’ accounts and documentation shed light on what the housemates endured in a case shrouded with mystery and speculation.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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In her place, the armband has been worn by Boswell’s housemate, Robertson, who captained them to successive victories away at AFC Wimbledon and Gwalia United.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Playfellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playfellow. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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