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buddy

[buhd-ee] / ˈbʌd i /


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“My buddy looks at me and I’m like, ‘Dude, the turnover in public schools is crazy,’” Puder said.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Kim Kardashian paid tribute to Campbell on social media, describing her as her as "my best friend, my gossip buddy, my forever twin".

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

As Mitch, Stanley’s poker buddy who is attracted to Blanche, Bille Bruley’s high tenor poignantly embodied a weak man trying to be strong.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

As we’re walking to the spa, my bragging buddy is supposed to start.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Barack’s high school buddy Bobby, who was a commercial fisherman, took us out on his boat one day for some snorkeling and an aimless cruise.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

“We hit it off, and we’ve been great buddies since,” Lombardi said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Bhatt shared how he overcame more than 70 “nos” to build Robinhood, balancing being a dad and an entrepreneur and the “friend-checks” he writes to buddies building startups.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

I guess being buddies at swanky Hamptons parties in the ’90s only goes so far.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

"Brian was there for two weeks, he spent the first week with one group of buddies and the second with another friend from America," she said.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Papa Acevedo had been one of Grandpa Lázaro and Manny’s domino buddies.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

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

But after Eden’s death, Danielle finds out that her daughter had buddied up to some of the local high school students by throwing parties when her employers were away.

From Washington Post Jan. 15, 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

By then he had buddied up with Chilean Yonathan Jesús Fernández and Mexican Germán Madrozo, whose prospects were as farcically bad as his were.

From The Guardian Jan. 1, 2019

They buddied up at movies and concerts; shared books and records.

From New York Times Jan. 27, 2016

That’s what makes the negotiations so comical, and Moore looks like a fool for buddying up to John Angelos.

From Washington Times Oct. 9, 2023

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

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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