befriended
Example Sentences
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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
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
It was at the foundation that she befriended Boris Nikolic, a Harvard-trained immunologist who was Gates’s chief science adviser.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
How much I love Isabel and Marguerite, the sisters who befriended me in my need.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
