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
I hoped for a while to befriend her.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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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
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
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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She dated artist Joseph Cornell and befriended other artists such as Donald Judd and Eva Hesse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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
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
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
We had neutralized the worst warders and befriended the more reasonable ones, though the authorities realized this and rotated warders every few months.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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's devoted his life to this case - even befriending Megrahi during his quest to find answers.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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
“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 reasons for that are complicated, and Tony gave them flesh and blood by befriending some Mexican kitchen workers at a restaurant owned by an earlier, successful immigrant from Greece.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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