mate

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The katydid lived long enough to mate and later died naturally the following month.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

Whitehouse added: "Bye bye Ted old friend. He wasn't a dog; he was a species all of his own. He's gone to the great briefcase emporium in the sky. We will really miss you mate."

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

His new running mate, 62-year-old Lapid, is the son of the late journalist and minister Tommy Lapid, a Holocaust survivor, and acclaimed author Shulamit Lapid.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Running from murderous in-laws is nothing compared to the threat at the heart of “Something Very Bad is Going to Happen,” which depicts exchanging vows with a presumed soul mate as gambling with a curse.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Next day Pluto Noak and another mate from Upton Pork Scratchings factory appeared at lunch in the staff car park.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell