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• n  a fence made of upright pickets
• v  turn pale, as if in fear
• v  become friends; act friendly towards

• Bidault of France, paling and almost visibly sweating when the Laborite Briton thundered for decisions which would anger the Communists of Paris;.
• Against the paling sky, he saw the thing returninga bat with a twelve-inch wingspread.
• Look at the legs the birth certificate, socialist ties and paling around with terrorists lies exhibited.

• picket fence
• pale
• blanch
• blench
• pal
• pal up
• chum up

News & Articles

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• Round Island Sweet Shoppe takes the (cup)cake
  The pineapple cakes from the Round Island Sweet Shoppe in Port Huron won the Best in The Blue Contest for desserts. / MARK R. RUMMEL/ TIMES HERALD Tracy Paling, of Port Huron, frosts the pineapple cupcakes after they've cooled from baking Tuesday, at Round Island Sweet Shoppe in Port Huron.
  June 27, 2013 - Times Herald

Quotes

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• Dick Hubbard in New Zealand Herald
  Mr Hubbard said the clear message from the stadium debate was that Aucklanders wanted access to their waterfront and that the regional council must understand that "2km of barbed wire, electric fence and paling-type faces is unacceptable".
• Frank Rich in Socialist Worker Online
  McCain let vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin denounce Obama for "paling around with terrorists" (as New York Times columnist Frank Rich pointed out, note the plural on "terrorists").
• Soha Ali Khan in Hindu
  My challenge now lies in whether I will find something like 'Khoya Khoya Chand' again,said Khan. "Everything seems to be paling in comparison."