play favorites
Example Sentences
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Amtrak doesn’t play favorites in the dining car, so meals are another built-in meetup.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
They say parents shouldn’t play favorites, but the Eurasian hoopoe—a bird known for its showy orange crest and whooping cry—clearly never got the memo.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 21, 2024
I don’t mean to play favorites, but the Milky White who jauntily dances in the Opera House is one I’m especially happy to steer you to.
From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2023
“I’ve got a job to do and you can’t play favorites, and you can’t sugarcoat it,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2021
Of course, I didn’t play favorites while I was coaching, but she really made me proud, and it was through fencing that Faizah and I morphed from sisters to best friends.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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