playmate

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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

“This is devastating,” said Sharon Williams, another neighbor who had called child welfare and has been answering her granddaughter’s haunting questions since her playmate died: “She asked, ‘Did Zoey go to heaven?’

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2023

“Blueback” gets its title from the pet name a young diver gives her aquatic playmate.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

I would have for a new husband my own playmate, dear since childhood, who loved me so much he was to become a spirit bridegroom for my sake.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston