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But Pratik Gandhi told AFP his longtime friend had appeared notably composed since childhood.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Baroness Jan Royall, former leader of the House of Lords and a friend of Dame Esther, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Thursday that she was a "formidable" person.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“It is no longer appropriate to pick up your phone and call your friend whenever you feel like it.”

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Haskins’ friend and longtime caretaker, Kimberly Snow, confirmed the actor’s death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Folks said Pa was a fool for not going north. ‘Northerners won the Civil War,’ Sukie, his best friend, the blacksmith, said.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Irma’s new friends and newfound anger will slowly affect Pella’s decisions about her future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

She took some classes, traveled with friends and eventually began volunteering.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

He relied on care packages sent by family and friends, exercised, meditated and kept journals that he later used to write his book.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

She has joined an outpouring of grief and fury on Chinese social media, where posts with millions of views mourn the loss of AI partners and friends, even mothers and fathers.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Before Don Alonso had become Don Quixote, he had had two good friends: the village priest and the village· barber.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

Just before Christmas 2022, someone purporting to be a San Diego woman named Viktoria Zara friended Kevin on Facebook.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025

Riley testified he was a passionate fisherman and friended Hiles on Facebook in early January 2021 because Hiles had a large following and posted fishing videos on YouTube.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022

“Facebook would always tell me, oh, you should be friends with Steve Badger, but I never friended him because I thought he was so mad at me about our awkward breakup,” Calkins said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2021

“Facebook was new and sparkly and you friended everyone,” said Ms. Schloss, who graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2021

“I’ve seen it. You friended me. And JP’s got one too.”

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

In Slatten’s case, Singh had been catfishing her via a fake Facebook profile, friending her in 2013, but he ultimately came clean about his identity.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Imagine people friending you six months before an election and they're talking to you.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2025

But even if you could somehow equalize those things, the researchers suggest that would close only about half the gap, because of friending bias — the propensity of people to mostly befriend others like them.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2022

Why the Cool Kids Are Playing Dungeons & Dragons Annalee Newitz traded Facebook for D&D: What drove me away from Facebook wasn’t just the fake friending.

From The Verge ● Apr. 9, 2019

I was thinking I'd gang all the way to London without coming across a man worth fighting, much less friending, but I was in the wrang of it.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough