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- noun Plural form of
seatmate .
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Examples
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CONAN: And you talked to a lot of different therapists for this story and found that most of them say seatmates fall into two broad groups.
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That was enough to warrant an all-out show of force upon landing in Detroit, where her seatmates lived, when the pilot announced that passengers needed to stay seated as the plane was diverted away from the terminal.
Gil Asakawa: Half-Arab, Half-Jewish Woman & Two Indian Passengers Profiled on Frontier Flight on 9/11 Gil Asakawa 2011
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Note to readers: Tell us your own secret tips or evil schemes for discouraging seatmates by adding a comment to this post.
Peter Mandel: Top Secret Tips For Keeping Seatmates Away Peter Mandel 2011
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The bottom line: Far too many U.S. airlines inconvenience and humiliate larger passengers and their seatmates.
Ernan Roman: The Customer Is Always Wrong Ernan Roman 2011
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In short, a nervous 9/11 traveler on Hebshi's plane reported her two Indian seatmates, not her, as suspicious because of frequent lavatory trips during the flight.
Kate Hanni: Shoshana Hebshi And The Big Flaw in Airport Security Kate Hanni 2011
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No dice: Most seatmates, I found, viewed this as an invitation to lean over and read along.
Peter Mandel: Top Secret Tips For Keeping Seatmates Away Peter Mandel 2011
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No dice: Most seatmates, I found, viewed this as an invitation to lean over and read along.
Peter Mandel: Top Secret Tips For Keeping Seatmates Away Peter Mandel 2011
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And, she says, complaints about heavy seatmates often are rooted in a bias many passengers had before they boarded the plane.
Calls for separate seating rise with tensions on flights 2011
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Note to readers: Tell us your own secret tips or evil schemes for discouraging seatmates by adding a comment to this post.
Peter Mandel: Top Secret Tips For Keeping Seatmates Away Peter Mandel 2011
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The bottom line: Far too many U.S. airlines inconvenience and humiliate larger passengers and their seatmates.
Ernan Roman: The Customer Is Always Wrong Ernan Roman 2011
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