sidekick
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During the regular season, the Lakers used him in a sidekick role.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Johnny and his sidekick, Ed McMahon, gave adults a relaxing reprieve from the stresses of everyday living by offering light humor without any negative slants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
The Chicago area native previously lived in New York — where he first found fame as Conan O’Brien’s sidekick on “Late Night” — before moving to Los Angeles in 2001.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
And in Belgium, a rescue cat named Maximus has shot to social media stardom as the bewhiskered sidekick and PR weapon of Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
Soft enough to know a good sidekick when he saw one.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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