befriend

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

You’re not out to fleece anyone with egregiously high commissions or merely befriend another member because you want to flog the latest financial product.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

"He would make sure to befriend them and make them feel comfortable."

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

“They befriend you and say all the right things to get to you,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

They had conclaves three times a year and must befriend one another.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Ortiz, 42, plays Rocky, an arachnoid alien made of stone-like material, who befriends Grace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

Cathy befriends young Heathcliff after her rich, alcoholic father brings him to live and work as a servant on their estate perched atop the windy English moors.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026

Lise has run-ins with other passengers aboard her flight and, once at her destination, befriends a bumbling, dotty widow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

The BFG tells the story of a young orphan named Sophie who befriends a giant and they embark on a mission together to stop other giants from eating children.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 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

Iger befriended the Lakers’ current head coach JJ Redick when Redick played for the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Mr. Mindte is a record producer and a musician who befriended Busby in his later years, joining his band in Washington’s still-scuffling bluegrass scene of the ’80s and ’90s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Another memorable role came two years later when Fricker was cast as the homeless bird lady befriended by Macaulay Culkin's Kevin in Home Alone 2.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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

Khalil has spoken at length about befriending Jewish students at Columbia, attending Shabbat dinners and seeing Jewish students as “integral” during the protest movement on campus.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026

In one email Ferguson congratulates Epstein on the arrival of a "baby boy", before following up by accusing him of only befriending her "to get to Andrew".

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

“She was someone who was very interested in befriending others for status, more so than being a friend,” one classmate recalled.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025

Elizabeth is also the conscience of the piece, befriending the Creature and being alternately attracted to Victor and repulsed by what she sees as his moral degeneracy—never mind his abdication of parental responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

Unfortunately for me and Eliza, her befriending me meant being iced out by Mariel and Dagmara, so her entrance onto the team did nothing to quell my discomfort.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad