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[pal] / pæl /


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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

Mr. Hernández, a “Saturday Night Live” cast member, is particularly shrill as the best man who can’t forgive his pal for getting married.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

After fulfilling her contract with the Columbia label, the singer signed last year to Warner Records, where an old high school pal, Tim Hinshaw, oversees a boutique label called Free Lunch.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

That's until his 19-year-old pal Findlay Curtis came on.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

I wondered what my pen pal saw on her or his way to school.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda

As lab-coated figures played by Kate McKinnon and Geena Davis attempt to deliver exposition, the pals drown them out chit-chatting about drivel.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Would James return home to Cleveland, return to Miami, possibly join pals Stephen Curry and Draymond Green at Golden State?

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Susan Morrison’s new biography of the “SNL” creator, “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,” places Michaels into the same single-name pantheon as his pals Mick and Paul.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

She has previously described him, external as "one of my best pals".

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Now, of course, you and I know, Mr. Dacus, that if I had gone wild, which I was about to do, I would have torn Red and his pals apart.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

The Grammy-winning artist discusses becoming mother—literally—and how she pen palled with Latin music’s biggest stars to make her new album “Orquideas.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 2024

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

Altadenans are no strangers to animal sightings — there are peacocks and parrots aplenty around town — but news of a coyote and black bear palling around town together recently has locals talking.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2025

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

He’s one of the oldest — we didn’t compete against each other in high school — lived farther away than most of the crew and was less present during the peak of our palling around.

From New York Times Sep. 23, 2021

“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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