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bedfellows

noun

plural of bedfellow

as in supporters

someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support a child-welfare cause that has made bedfellows of activists who are normally on opposite ends of the political spectrum

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Recent Examples of bedfellows Whatever the terminology, truth and proof in today's fractured and somewhat conspiratorial society could be construed as strange bedfellows. — Leonard David, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Which assumes these bedfellows are natural in the first place. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026 Fashion and the art world have long been bedfellows, and haute couture in particular is as close to art as fashion gets, but there’s something else going on. — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 Politics and sport have always been uneasy bedfellows, but until recently referees and other sport officials have rarely been dragged into the public discourse. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 9 July 2026 Strange bedfellows If evolution pushes puncture tools toward certain shapes to deal with specific jobs, what happens if tools from both an animal and plant have essentially the same job? — Philip Anderson, The Conversation, 8 July 2026 Stratton has found herself with strange bedfellows in Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss to counter Cargill’s alliance with Michin and B-Fab. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026 In November, a number of odd bedfellows submitted several, uncoordinated letters to the BLM’s acting director, all urging caution about the downstream effects of the CRA ruling. — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026 Opposing groups make strange bedfellows The top financial backers of the opposition campaign for Amendment 5 aren’t typically associated with progressives. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026

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Was The Friedkin Group's decision not to sell the homegrown midfielder a victory for those loyal supporters who campaigned to keep him?

— Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Capcom has proven itself to be one of the platform's biggest supporters, bringing nearly all of its new and old releases to the platform.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026

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The expansion reflects a broader effort to increase domestic manufacturing capacity for defense technologies while supporting production for US allies.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Doing so would further derail trade talks with one of America’s staunchest allies, which denies treating Coupang differently than Korean companies.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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