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
Hatton had unsuccessfully tried to befriend the old place on nine previous visits and, after starting with a two-over par 74 on Thursday, finally managed to ingratiate himself on Friday.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
They were, he recalled in “Making It,” “brave, proud, and unstintingly loyal once they had decided to befriend you.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
I hoped for a while to befriend her.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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
Hiccup befriends the young dragon, Toothless, challenging Viking certainties and the conflict with the dragons.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
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
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
A friend of mine befriended a homeless man and took him in.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Hadn’t she merely befriended him out of pity?
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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
Elizabeth is also the conscience of the piece, befriending the Creature and being alternately attracted to Victor and repulsed by what she sees as his moral degeneracy—never mind his abdication of parental responsibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Zoe hopes Gabriella continues befriending Deckers when she can.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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