friend of a friend
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Aside from a friend of a friend, he said he hasn’t found many people who can relate to the experience of watching his wife, a chemical engineer, struggle to understand her current reality.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
At least once, a friend of a friend asked if he could come through after seeing his friends’ locations at Rishi’s apartment.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2025
She agreed to meet a woman who described herself as a friend of a friend.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
It wasn’t long before they “bumped heads” with Pharrell, who was a friend of a friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
In 1951, long before James Watson would become a household name around the world, the novelist Doris Lessing took a three-hour walk with the young Watson, whom she knew through a friend of a friend.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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