playmate
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During those summer months, Maya was my only playmate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Because when Caligiuri was growing up in Diamond Bar, the only playmate he could find was the door of his garage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
The clip highlighted an obvious imbalance between a male figure – disingenuously portrayed as a fellow playmate – in a position of power to a teenage girl.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2024
But in the meantime, mother chimps continue to be their offspring's primary playmate, tickling, chasing, playing 'airplane'.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
It was a pretend playmate I must have invented for company.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
But their hope for endless playmates goes wrong when they get manhandled by toddlers and held hostage by Lotso, leading to a climactic escape from an incinerator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
This time, in late September, the rabbit was still there, but it had no playmates.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
A brown bear who underwent pioneering, life-saving brain surgery in October has rejoined his playmates after more than a year apart.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
"But when they're doing that, they are also limiting the ability of their young ones to play with others, and the moms become the primary playmates," said Sabbi.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
“Good,” said the boy, for he had no wish to tell the secret to his playmates, liking to know and do what they knew not and could not.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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