intimates

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They were intimates in childhood and the present, but “those were only two forgivable Birdies,” she writes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Although called a “Pietà,” it was not a depiction of Christ mourned by his intimates, but rather a “Man of Sorrows”—the dead Savior, half-length, with youthful angels—a timeless image designed for contemplation and meditation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

These are intentionally not the Kennedy family’s stories or takes from their intimates, but the people who had enough of a professional closeness to be at hand when the assassination happened.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2023

“There is something in a landscape like that which humbles you and intimates to you that there’s something very big out there, and this thing has an awful lot of power,” says Lindahl.

From National Geographic • Oct. 13, 2023

In some sense that went deeper than friendship, they were intimates; somewhere or other, although the actual words might never be spoken, there was a place where they could meet and talk.

From "1984" by George Orwell