playmate
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During those summer months, Maya was my only playmate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
And speaking of powerful unelected people, the name Elon Musk comes to mind, and Trump’s Oval Office playmate has his own beef with the Coastal Commission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2025
The clip highlighted an obvious imbalance between a male figure – disingenuously portrayed as a fellow playmate – in a position of power to a teenage girl.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2024
But in the meantime, mother chimps continue to be their offspring's primary playmate, tickling, chasing, playing 'airplane'.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
Otto shrieked when one of the boys roughhoused him, then mounted a counterattack by standing on his hands and falling into his new playmate.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
His playmates have nicknamed him “petit éclair” for his soft heart, which they mistake for weakness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
This time, in late September, the rabbit was still there, but it had no playmates.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
A brown bear who underwent pioneering, life-saving brain surgery in October has rejoined his playmates after more than a year apart.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
"But when they're doing that, they are also limiting the ability of their young ones to play with others, and the moms become the primary playmates," said Sabbi.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
Many of those who came settled in our neighbourhood and, as a result, before long my playmates included boys from various tribal reserves.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
