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[pal] / pæl /


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Says Berg of the pal with whom he’s worked on and off for four decades: “Bruce is a laugh machine. Great practical joker.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The traitors agreed to stay out of the game themselves, before settling on Kemp, Ranganathan, his comic pal Rob Beckett and Little Mix and solo singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

"My Brownie leader came in with a cigar box full of names and asked if anyone would like a pen pal from Scotland," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

You try going viral with a Seahawks prediction, pal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

He had slipped easily into the part of being a younger brother to Peter— mostly, I think, because he genuinely liked having an older brother of his own, a proper pal.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

To help put guests at ease, she interviews their pals and co-workers to “speak well behind their back.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

If you want to hang with your pals, then coordinate a post-show meet-up at the bar or the diner or on the way to the subway.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

These little fellas represent a departure from all of that: cuddly digital pals whose highest calling is to help you reclaim some of your time.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

James, along with Sawitskas and his pals, want the carousel to be restored to its original glory, a magnificent, gleaming merry-go-round that inspired Disney to dream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

“You can explain why our illustrious Shu scientist looks like one of Wylan’s school pals along the way.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

In the early 1960s, when Robert Duvall was struggling to make it in New York City, he palled around with a couple of fellow actors also trying to find their way in the business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Billionaires Bill Gates and Peter Thiel palled around with Epstein long after his conviction, as did Kathryn Ruemmler, one of the top lawyers in the Obama administration, who is now General Counsel at Goldman Sachs.

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025

During his years as an actor in New York, Hackman palled around with Hoffman and another struggling actor, Robert Duvall, and worked a variety of jobs that included doorman and cab driver.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025

Mascots from each club palled around on the field at Truist Park and posed for pictures with The Commissioner’s Trophy and Chelsea’s 2021 Champions League trophy.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

And when the garden palled, Elizebeth and William had another retreat to sustain them—their library.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Plus, Musk might be a bit busy to be palling around with the powerful in snowy Switzerland.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023

But what good is palling around with people in a sprawling, interconnected virtual space if you can’t feel the “world” around you?

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2022

Suddenly, this ultra-beautiful former stay-at-home mom from the outskirts of Canada was palling around with celebrities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2020

Brady was shown palling around with his boyhood idol, Joe Montana, as well as with other great quarterbacks, such as Brett Favre, John Elway and Dan Marino.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2020

“These are dangerous people you’re palling around with, sir,” said the spook with glasses.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman


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