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From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Because who would watch a movie about two little girls who befriend a gentle forest creature and . . . that’s it?

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Hatton had unsuccessfully tried to befriend the old place on nine previous visits and, after starting with a two-over par 74 on Thursday, finally managed to ingratiate himself on Friday.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

Dr. Kelson is so lonely that he’s begun to befriend one of those spine-ripping alphas, whom he calls Samson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

On the other hand, we were hungry, and to reject the gesture altogether would humiliate the warder we were trying to befriend.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Things get considerably more complex when, at the last minute, Lilac becomes one of the headliners at a book festival Sophie is working and briefly befriends her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The wife of a loaded investor dabbles in documentary filmmaking and befriends the spouse of a laid-off factory worker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Once she settles in, the girl befriends other spirits and wins them over with her acceptance and understanding — including a few shunned by everyone else, like the famous No-Face.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

Stick with me... the real drama comes as Eriko befriends a blogger she follows on social media, but things soon become sour as her longing for companionship turns to obsession.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

Insects are beset not only by viruses and bacteria but also by fungi, protozoa, microscopic worms, and other beings from all that unseen world of minute life that, by and large, befriends mankind.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

On the comedy scene in Philadelphia, where he lived from 2013 to 2019, he befriended his future “Tires” partners, including Chris O’Connor, a show writer who plays the pensive mechanic Cal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Irish actor Brenda Fricker, who won an Oscar for her role in “My Left Foot” and whose Pigeon Lady befriended Macaulay Culkin‘s Kevin McCallister in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Aang befriended Zuko, an exiled Fire Nation prince who at first hunted Aang to regain his father’s approval before joining his quarry’s mission to restore peace.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

A friend of mine befriended a homeless man and took him in.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

He’s just some new kid who saw someone around his age and mistakenly befriended him before the cool kids came along and saved him.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

He also apologized for befriending Oxford, and he signed off with a request to correspond and perhaps visit someday.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

While Aang’s saga follows the trajectory of Western fantasies that revolve around a Chosen One, his stubborn insistence on nonviolence and befriending perceived enemies reflects Miyazaki’s reverence for empathy, innocence and life’s natural beauty.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

But by experiencing these girls and by befriending these girls, she is actually now opening her mind to be more susceptible to friendship, and ... understanding individuals who are different from who she is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

The FBI thought the lead was promising enough to launch an undercover investigation, people familiar with it said, with a covert agent befriending the woman’s significant other to elicit new clues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

“Thank you,” Ash said, nonplussed, for Lore had not seemed to be particularly interested in befriending her.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo