bedfellow
Also called bedmate. a person who shares one's bed.
an associate or collaborator, especially one who forms a temporary alliance for reasons of expediency: Politics makes strange bedfellows.
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How to use bedfellow in a sentence
Monopolistic power is a worry that sometimes makes strange bedfellows, especially in Congress.
Momentum Is Building for Antitrust Reform. Here's What That Means for Big Tech | Martha C. White | November 12, 2021 | TimeAn odd group of congressional bedfellows will introduce a bill Thursday to fully standardize and digitize the process of registering foreign agents — making it far easier for the public to search and enforce the federal database.
New bill targeting foreign agents gets bipartisan support | Lachlan Markay | November 4, 2021 | AxiosIn doing so, it has found itself partnered with some unlikely bedfellows, profoundly undermining both Ennahda’s credibility and that of its political partners.
Tunisia's President Staged What Looks Like a Coup. But Democracy Isn't Dead There Yet | Simon Speakman Cordall / Tunis | July 30, 2021 | TimeThe $200 billion data broker industry is lucrative, and has many unlikely bedfellows.
Your iPhone’s Next Software Update Aims to Foil App Trackers and Digital Advertisers. Here’s How | Patrick Lucas Austin | April 13, 2021 | TimeThe tax measures are major wins for anti-smoking advocates after a string of defeats but, in an example of how politics makes strange bedfellows, Colorado’s tax might not have been possible without Altria’s help.
Big Tobacco stands down as Colorado and Oregon hike cigarette taxes | Lydia Belanger | January 9, 2021 | Fortune
Wallace crept into bed beside his communicative bedfellow in silence.
Wayside Courtships | Hamlin GarlandHe first made an attempt on the apprentice, his bedfellow; but he struggled so far as to effect his escape, and hid himself.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden PelhamHe implores mercy for his “desolate bedfellow,” for her children, and for his sons by his first wife.
John Knox and the Reformation | Andrew LangMy bedfellow and I slept on an oilcloth, covered with an overcoat, and tied our four feet up together in a flannel shirt.
Under the Stars and Bars | Walter A. ClarkWhy do they hardly feel that they have prayed if company, or a bedfellow, on a journey, keeps them from using oral prayer?
Bertha and Her Baptism | Nehemiah Adams
British Dictionary definitions for bedfellow
/ (ˈbɛdˌfɛləʊ) /
a person with whom one shares a bed
a temporary ally or associate
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