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sidekick

[sahyd-kik] / ˈsaɪdˌkɪk /


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Melanie Sykes became the new overarching voice of the show, taking over from Black's trusted sidekick, "Our Graham" Skidmore.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Who, then, was the sidekick in that relationship?

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

And so it will, for at least several more years, Austin Reaves now occupying a Laker leading sidekick role made famous during their championship years by the likes of Anthony Davis and Pau Gasol.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

Over the course of the regular season, James had demoted himself to a sidekick role, sacrificing shot attempts while Austin Reaves and MVP candidate Luka Doncic took over the limelight.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

He’s thin, a cross between a sidekick cowboy and a weak soldier.

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

In “Predator: Badlands,” that involved giving an ugly monster emotional vulnerability and a PG-13 adventure with a couple sidekicks, including a chatty android played by Elle Fanning.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 9, 2025

From meetings with foreign leaders to the control room of a SpaceX launch, Musk's children have debuted as constant sidekicks to their father's endeavors in tech, business and now, politics.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2025

They’re like Boris and Natasha, if Boris and Natasha had gay sidekicks whose equally unsurprising side plot would’ve made a more thorny and altogether insightful critique of contemporary social politics.

From Salon Jan. 31, 2025

As creators and consumers, educators and entertainers, whipping boys, final girls, sidekicks and suicides, queer people have, often invisibly, sometimes tragically, always forcefully shaped American culture, particularly through the prism of Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2024

I think were the only people here who didn’t bring our sidekicks.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli




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