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threesome

[three-suhm] / ˈθri səm /
NOUN
three of something
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


NOUN
sexual activity with three people
Synonyms


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A couple of days later, with Lalas dispatched north for USMNT’s second game against Australia, the Fox panel returned as a threesome.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

While this was going on, a magnificent little ball-striker, Gary Player, showed up from South Africa and made it a threesome.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2025

Defending champion Jason Day was in a large group trailing by three after he and Jordan Spieth, the biggest local favorite with Scheffler absent, struggled down the stretch playing in the same threesome.

From Seattle Times May 2, 2024

“The Walkers,” at an hour, is longer than “Four Portraits” and “Night” combined, so those shorter pieces naturally feel like interludes, breaking up a work that would otherwise dominate the threesome.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2023

Palmer noticed that Beans, Mutto and Henry always worked as a threesome.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

While the initial rounds were played at a refreshing two-ball pace, the last lap was conducted in stodgy threesomes with half the field playing the back nine first.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2024

And on Sunday, in anticipation of foul weather, the rounds started earlier — the first at 7:30 — players were grouped in threesomes, and groups started on both No. 1 and 10.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2023

Tee times were moved up and the field played off split tees in threesomes, however play was suspended at 10:57 a.m. and didn’t resume until 5:35 p.m.

From Seattle Times Jul. 23, 2022

The event began with a shotgun start, placing threesomes at every tee box on the course as men in Beefeater outfits blew an opening horn.

From Washington Post Jun. 9, 2022

For the present there was no strolling about the warren in "threesomes", there were no visits to the headland, or rambles on the beach.

From The School by the Sea by Angela Brazil




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