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pairing

[pair-ing] / ˈpɛər ɪŋ /




NOUN
coupling
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While Harold and Maude was originally a commercial and critical flop, it later gained traction in the 1970s through a loyal cult following thanks to its unique dark humour and quirky romantic pairing.

From BBC

Holmes played Joey Potter, Dawson’s tomboyish best friend and sometime love interest; their will-they-won’t-they pairing powered much of the show’s tension.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We were looking for outsized charisma and outsized talent, people like Burton and Taylor,” Fennell says of the classic onscreen pairing of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, famously tumultuous.

From Los Angeles Times

"The die is cast, and the time is coming when these two are more compatible than the classic France-Germany pairing," he told AFP.

From Barron's

Those are words uttered by two different high school soccer coaches describing the Southern Section playoff pairings produced using a computer algorithm under the competitive equity system.

From Los Angeles Times