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Recent Examples of pen pal
The paper is keepsake quality, so expect your pen pal to keep your letter forever.
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Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 Feb. 2026
Luna cited examples of crackdowns on Monday, including a bust on an incarcerated man running a prostitution ring from prison through a pen pal system.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
In the fifth book in the series, To Sir Phillip, With Love, Eloise becomes pen pal with Sir Philip Crane and eventually falls in love with him.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Jan. 2026
Instead, an innocent pen pal relationship blossoms into something more profound.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 Feb. 2026
Luna cited examples of crackdowns on Monday, including a bust on an incarcerated man running a prostitution ring from prison through a pen pal system.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
In the fifth book in the series, To Sir Phillip, With Love, Eloise becomes pen pal with Sir Philip Crane and eventually falls in love with him.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Jan. 2026
Instead, an innocent pen pal relationship blossoms into something more profound.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pen pal
Noun
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With a few simple prompts, anyone can summon up a team of realistic alter egos.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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Lois is the star reporter at The Daily Planet, and Clark falls for her, but Lois is in love with his alter ego, Superman.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Her first time visiting New York City, Mann had made plans to introduce her two friends to the larger-than-life Weinstein over breakfast.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Before Miami Dolphins draft pick Michael Taaffe and quarterback Quinn Ewers were teammates and close friends at Texas, Taaffe had the best day of his high school football career against Ewers.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Since his rookie season of 2021, Waddle, a home-run hitter out of the University of Alabama and longtime pal of Broncos icon Pat Surtain II, has averaged a stat line of 75 catches, 1,008 receiving yards and five touchdown catches per year.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Not for me, but for my pal Phil.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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In the first Manitou film, Herbig played Abahachi, chief of the Apache, who is inseparable from his blood brother Ranger (Christian Tramitz) since the latter saved Abahachi from a speeding train at an unguarded railroad crossing.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Dec. 2025
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The film examines the exhilarating and uncanny experience of meeting a blood brother for the first time in adulthood.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Oscar nominee and Primetime Emmy winner Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff directed the documentary, which features interviews with King, her wife Ilana Kloss, and fellow tennis luminaries Chris Evert and Rosie Casals, and King’s buddy Elton John, among others.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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On the way to save her beloved canine buddy Krypto, the party-hearty but tortured Supergirl teams up with a vengeful youngster (Ruthye Marye Knoll) and a rambunctious intergalactic bounty hunter (Jason Momoa).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The eruptions — yours, the partner’s — suggest that there’s a lot that’s been simmering underneath your interactions.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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That gift for elevating the intimate continued to evolve.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Head to Hanky Panky to score intimates that won’t poke or dig during its Friends and Family Sale.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Nov. 2025
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The cast also includes franchise familiars Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Pen pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pen%20pal. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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