befriend
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Elkholy, the DOJ files show, suggested to Epstein that one of the financier's female assistants befriend this woman, before introducing her to Epstein.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 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
“They befriend you and say all the right things to get to you,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
She didn’t want to tell him she was on her way to befriend the Nightingale.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
In the series, he plays Gerry, a patient with Parkinson’s who befriends Dr. Paul Rhoades, the therapist played by Harrison Ford, who is also navigating a Parkinson’s diagnosis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
He stars alongside Ben Kingsley, whose pompous thespian Trevor Slattery befriends Simon while secretly working with the nefarious Department of Damage Control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 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
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
As he has no children to play with, he befriends the wild rabbits, offering them food and stroking their fur until he can touch their twitching noses.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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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
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
She had been befriended by stout German farmers, whose guttural speech surprised her and whose well-kept farms astonished her.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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It might also mean befriending the people that made her fall in love with music in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
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 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
Bargaining can be hurried, but befriending a horse cannot.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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