pal
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"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
Better to grab one of those syrupy $23 Deuces, a $44 visor, old pal Matt Futterman’s new tennis treatise and stake out the practice courts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
It only occurred to me recently that Sarandon was 44 years old when she played Louise, the pal who pulled the trigger.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
It’s nice to have a pal at rush hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Pork Chop had been my best pal since our bungys were in diapers.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Life can drive a wedge between pals, however.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Good pals Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson have made themselves a TV show to play in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Two women who became transatlantic pen pals when they were in the Brownies say they now feel "more like family", having written to each other regularly for 70 years.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“But we are not looking for people to be pen pals, which seems to be what everybody wants to do. We need real help.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Like normal chatter you’d have with yer pals.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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
She relished learning about religious traditions and sorting through classic theological dilemmas, but eventually the course palled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
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
The long hot idle summer days palled on me.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Plus, Musk might be a bit busy to be palling around with the powerful in snowy Switzerland.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
Though he always looked great on a red carpet, you couldn’t imagine him pranking or palling around with his fellow celestials.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2022
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
The foursome was previously seen palling around New York City after the VMAs in September.
From Fox News ● Oct. 10, 2021
“These are dangerous people you’re palling around with, sir,” said the spook with glasses.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
