as in friends
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
I always choose my best pal for my softball team first
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Recent Examples of pals
And here’s where the denials and recriminations really come in, as the old pals go from passive-aggressive sniping to full-on hostility.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
In 2016 Goodson was convicted of manslaughter for killing 17-year-old Antonio Lyles three years earlier when Lyles opened fire at him and his pals at the Edenwald Houses.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
The longtime pals were both left disappointed after a blowout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
Sports events, show business, the entertainment world plus schmoozing with pals will please you.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
Then again, maybe the first ASI wants to have ASI pals and therefore devises additional ASIs accordingly.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Innie Dylan seems locked back in to helping his MDR pals by any means necessary.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
The post began with a group selfie taken by Aniston as a group of her close pals smiled behind her.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Of course there are our close units, our partners and pals, who can help share this load, but, sometimes, that’s not enough.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
In 2016 Goodson was convicted of manslaughter for killing 17-year-old Antonio Lyles three years earlier when Lyles opened fire at him and his pals at the Edenwald Houses.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
The longtime pals were both left disappointed after a blowout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
Sports events, show business, the entertainment world plus schmoozing with pals will please you.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
Then again, maybe the first ASI wants to have ASI pals and therefore devises additional ASIs accordingly.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Innie Dylan seems locked back in to helping his MDR pals by any means necessary.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
The post began with a group selfie taken by Aniston as a group of her close pals smiled behind her.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Of course there are our close units, our partners and pals, who can help share this load, but, sometimes, that’s not enough.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Pals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pals. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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