The word simpatico has appeared in 23 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Jan. 15 in the Social Q’s advice column “Our Only Friends Went Away for the Weekend Without Us. We’re Hurt!” by Philip Galanes:
Unfortunately, this project takes time. But if you explore your natural interests — sports, the arts, adult education classes — you will eventually meet new people with whom you are simpatico and will become less dependent on your husband’s childhood friends. I wouldn’t say anything to them about their weekend getaway.
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