friend of a friend

Example Sentences

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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

Luca got a break from a nice restaurant owner, climbed the ladder and is now in a place to train a friend of a friend.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2024

It was at the hotel that I met Abdelali, a friend of a friend of a friend.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023

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