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Recent Examples of pen pal
The story follows the evolution of the friendship between Cee Cee and Bertie, who meet as children and go from pen pals to roommates to romantic rivals.
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 Dec. 2025
At the end of each episode, the show offered an opportunity to write in and request a pen pal.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Instead, an innocent pen pal relationship blossoms into something more profound.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
At the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, a prison pen pal ministry, comprised of a group of about 40 parishioners, corresponds with men and women incarcerated in Illinois prisons.
—Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 Dec. 2025
At the end of each episode, the show offered an opportunity to write in and request a pen pal.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Instead, an innocent pen pal relationship blossoms into something more profound.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
At the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, a prison pen pal ministry, comprised of a group of about 40 parishioners, corresponds with men and women incarcerated in Illinois prisons.
—Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pen pal
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Last year’s 12th Annual Oscar Special saw Turkington’s alter ego achieve a lifelong dream of interviewing Eric Roberts, only to waste the opportunity by spending the entire interview reading off running times of Roberts’ movies.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
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Among many unsettled matters, Reid’s supremely gifted on-field alter ego, Patrick Mahomes, is recovering from knee surgery.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2026
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In this case, your friend is actually 40% down, so go ahead and keep that Korean sheet mask on your face a while longer.—
Ellen Harrold,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
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For Taria and her friend, mid-80s in March was a nice little gift.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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This week, McKellen’s LOTR co-star Elijah Wood mentioned his pal’s poem.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Serve this plucky spritz to a crowd of pals.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
20 Mar. 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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At his funeral, his buddies Lance (LaBelle) and Clay (Noah Parker) play a clip-reel of Darby’s greatest hits, which seem mostly to involve finding elaborate new ways to hit himself in the nuts.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
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Drinky Crow is an adorable little bird who is also suicidally depressed and a raging alcoholic, living with his drunk Irish monkey buddy Uncle Gabby in a 19th-century nautical pastiche.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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Trump helped negotiate a peace deal between Congo and neighboring Rwanda, seen as an indirect but key player in the conflict, while Qatar and other partners have championed similar efforts involving direct negotiations between the government and the M23.—
OPE ADETAYO,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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Siniakova also won in 2023 alongside longtime partner Barbora Krejcikova.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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There’s a tremendous sweetness to the film and its central relationships, but the banter ping-pongs swiftly between the intimate and the darkly absurd.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Echavarría noted that Colombia excels in categories such as sportswear, swimwear, intimates and uniforms.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Feb. 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 22 Mar. 2026.
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