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teammate

[teem-mayt] / ˈtimˌmeɪt /
NOUN
fellow member of team
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Antonyms
STRONGEST


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He still tries to carve out time on Saturdays to watch his alma mater Penn State and now Virginia Tech, where his former college teammate is now the offensive coordinator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

A Premier League player has been involved in a car crash near Hull City's training ground weeks after a similar incident involving his teammate.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

While he did receive support, he couldn’t anticipate Nate Boyer’s attempts to profit from the protest and steal credit from Kaepernick teammate Eric Reid for the idea to kneel.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026

He got a key block from his baseball teammate, Josh Rogozik, and his legs did the rest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

My teammate Frank Fischbeck had witnessed the whole episode.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

His smaller teammates, meanwhile, generally have one job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

His teammates thought he’d reverted to a gangly teenager.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

He added: "I owe an apology to my national team teammates for having left the camp... I apologise to the Portuguese people once again, but a broken word has, for me, a defining impact."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Erling Haaland and his teammates will be fine, as will the Abu Dhabi royals, although whatever remains of the club’s pre-2008 Mancunian fanbase is likely to suffer bitterly.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Hard to get picked since Alan and his teammates have been winning championships since elementary school.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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