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“I never went out of my way to befriend Göring” isn’t a statement one can make with a sparklingly clean conscience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Don’t miss: Why does almost nobody want to befriend older people like me — except scammers?

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

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

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

If we had one, I could befriend an actor or two, and get them to keep training me on the sly.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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

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

He befriends Mr. Durand, who owns the station with his partner, Emma, a British researcher, and makes it his mission to keep their station going and the forest around it intact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

“Game of Thrones” fans know him as the longtime maester of the Night’s Watch who befriends Jon Snow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026

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

As it happened, I often befriended messengers and Xerox operators at offices where I worked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

According to the outlet, the friend is a wealthy businessman who Harry, 42, befriended through their mutual support for various charities.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Born in Minnesota, Bill Niman found himself in Bolinas in 1969, where he befriended lefty intellectuals who were critical of factory farming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Perhaps her most memorable role, however, 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 ● Aug. 6, 2026

When the Joneses reached Chicago, they befriended a group of abolitionists, black and white, working together as “conductors,” assisting slaves to freedom on the hidden tracks of the Underground Railroad.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

But Rose had been quietly fostering a relationship with the McLaren team that was much deeper than merely befriending golf-mad driver Lando Norris and CEO Zak Brown.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

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

Imagine a 21st century take on Margaret Mead befriending Samoans, only with cozy knit sweaters and a dash of animation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

Yoyo turns Manuel's interview over to Carla, who's good at befriending with small talk.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez