acquaintance
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The man, who has not been named, told officers that he had brought the animals back as a favour for a Brazilian acquaintance.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
In comments to the New York Times, Ballard denied personally using AI but said that an acquaintance she hired to edit the book, which was originally self-published, had used AI.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
A few weeks ago, I met an acquaintance for coffee at a Cuban café attached to a downtown hostel, where people with backpacks of varying dimensions passed steadily through the lobby.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Delay in information retrieval, such as the name of an acquaintance, a movie, or a famous person, becomes more common as one gets older and does not necessarily signal an underlying memory problem.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
“I am a stranger, without acquaintance in this place. I want some work: no matter what.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Maxwell had access to a digital legal database, but he sometimes relied on acquaintances outside prison to look up cases or articles and send him physical printouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
You appear to be one step above acquaintances.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
When I was pregnant with my daughter in 2016, I started getting at least one inquiry a week from friends and acquaintances who were also expecting.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
Eventually many took turns sharing what they’d witnessed — friends and acquaintances getting detained and immigration agents swarming parking lots, sometimes dozens at a time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
“Let’s get to a computer terminal and go over the Matsika list of acquaintances again,” said Ear.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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