play favorites
Example Sentences
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Calvacca doesn’t play favorites, she says, but she snuggles Valentina and calls Sonny Mister Handsome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
They say parents shouldn’t play favorites, but the Eurasian hoopoe—a bird known for its showy orange crest and whooping cry—clearly never got the memo.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 21, 2024
I don’t mean to play favorites, but the Milky White who jauntily dances in the Opera House is one I’m especially happy to steer you to.
From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2023
With rookies or veterans, Tortorella said he won’t play favorites within his own team to get them to that point.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022
T. Arnold Hill spoke in support of the union, but cautioned that the Urban League’s expectation was that the union would not play favorites between the races.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
