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USC’s projected starting center Kilian O’Connor, a captain, noted vocal leader of the team and close friend of Raymond, also has influenced Raymond’s leadership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
One of the Broad Peak climbers, Wang Zhong, was a close friend and a client.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But you are not, by your own account, a close friend.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The rise to power of Octavian—who becomes Augustus, Rome’s first emperor—is imagined through the eyes of the emperor’s close friend and military ally, Agrippa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Spaulding prevailed, however, through his close friend at NCC, James Shepard, who refused to send Hocutt’s transcript to Chapel Hill.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
