be friends with
Example Sentences
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“You can be friends with people in the government,” she says, “but you remember, and they remember, that the paper comes first.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
“I wanted to be friends with Tilly,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
We don’t have to be friends with everyone.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 27, 2025
"I felt like people didn't want to be friends with me, or they didn't like me."
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025
“I’m trying my best here. Audrey and I have been friends forever. I want to be friends with both of you. I don’t want to break up. That is if we’re together,” I said.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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