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buddy

[buhd-ee] / ˈbʌd i /


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Was Mr Belding your dimples karaoke birthday buddy?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

My golf buddy worked as a financial adviser.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

When Owen Wilson signed on to do a buddy action thriller with muscular "Reacher" star Alan Ritchson, he understood very quickly there would have to be a strict division of labor on set.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

They had to have a buddy, to keep each other in check - which in turn made more children graduate.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Jason would have to talk to him later, make sure his buddy was okay.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

We met on “Cuckoo’s Nest” and we’ve been dear, dear buddies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Garrett Clark and his buddies spent years building an ultra popular YouTube channel devoted to their love of golf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Chinese users of AI-powered companion bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their virtual buddies as national regulations took effect Wednesday aimed at curbing the risk of emotional dependency.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

That is, the boisterous Boston guy who calls buddies only by their nicknames, lets everyone at the bar know about it when his team wins and would sacrifice their first born if Brady asked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

I glanced up the path, where Neil and his swim-team buddies were hanging out, laughing.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

While his daughter and her friend were “bopping away” to every song, Grant said, he buddied up with Swift’s boyfriend, NFL tight end Travis Kelce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024

As for Undecided, Robinson buddied up with Dawn Potts, her off-trail name, for the first 100 miles of the trek.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023

Almost certainly that’s why, during the German occupation of France, he buddied up, for protection, with the Nazi-connected Cocteau.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2023

A 12-year-old girl who has just recovered from leukaemia has been buddied with a West End star through Momentum Children's Charity.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2022

Ministers’ aides were buddied up and told to get to grips with a different department so they could shadow each other if another fell sick.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2021

That could look like buddying up with people you already live with, or who you are already consciously choosing to socialize with.

From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2020

He has veered between buddying up to China’s President Xi Jinping and attacking Beijing over trade.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2018

Now we have NK and China buddying up,especially at a crucial time following the trade issues.

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018

But when his scar starts to sting again, he assumes the darkness that he feels and his disturbing dreams must be connected to the former Death Eater’s son who is buddying up to his son.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2016

Vonetta, who was buddying up to one of the three sisters, could get her own toast.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia


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