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threesome

[three-suhm] / ˈθri səm /
NOUN
three of something
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


NOUN
sexual activity with three people
Synonyms


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A couple of days later, with Lalas dispatched north for USMNT’s second game against Australia, the Fox panel returned as a threesome.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

While this was going on, a magnificent little ball-striker, Gary Player, showed up from South Africa and made it a threesome.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2025

“The Walkers,” at an hour, is longer than “Four Portraits” and “Night” combined, so those shorter pieces naturally feel like interludes, breaking up a work that would otherwise dominate the threesome.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2023

It’s no coincidence that the threesome has the most experience on the team in a Zag uniform and in March Madness.

From Seattle Times Mar. 17, 2023

A few weeks later, early in 1930, our rather mixed threesome moved from New York to Paris, the better for Bobby to ply his new trade.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

While the initial rounds were played at a refreshing two-ball pace, the last lap was conducted in stodgy threesomes with half the field playing the back nine first.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2024

Players teed off in threesomes from both the front and back nine as tournament officials looked to squeeze in as much golf as possible.

From Washington Times Apr. 8, 2023

And on Sunday, in anticipation of foul weather, the rounds started earlier — the first at 7:30 — players were grouped in threesomes, and groups started on both No. 1 and 10.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2023

The event began with a shotgun start, placing threesomes at every tee box on the course as men in Beefeater outfits blew an opening horn.

From Washington Post Jun. 9, 2022

He teed another ball, and the threesomes had become a mere golf lesson, plus a clash of personalities.

From The Wrong Twin by Harry Leon Wilson




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