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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

He and his buddy Stringer were leaving the same day, and they threw a huge party.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Hurd had been tennis buddies with Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, who publicly criticized HP’s decision as “the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs many years ago.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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

He and his club baseball buddies from Stephen F. Austin State University were in town for a tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

When the whistle blew and the game started, Will’s buddies lost no time.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

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

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

He greeted Smith whenever he got off the team bus; he walked on the beach with him; he buddied up to other players.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2017

They buddied up and eventually shared a studio, but while Mr. Bengston stuck with painting, for Price clay became the way.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2013

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

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

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018

On another wall: a picture of Dixie Fuller, former stage manager for the band Alabama, buddying up with ZZ Top.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2017

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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