befriend
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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
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
Ninety-five percent said they would help peers who were feeling down, and nearly 90% wanted to befriend students they didn’t know.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Because I befriend a Dominican, a guard at that, some workers look at me with suspicion.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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
She spends her nights cleaning the local aquarium, where she befriends a Pacific octopus named Marcellus.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 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
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
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
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
Around 2016, he befriended a couple running an events arena, and started supplying them calves for shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Block, who befriended Maria, owned superb conservatories and gardens.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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
“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
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
Henry bides his time, watching other subjects closely before befriending Eleven.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
At the moment, arguing with a crazy wind god seemed safer than befriending an angry son of Hades.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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