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Speaking in the documentary, Boyega said the killing of his friend had a profound effect on him.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The Paxtons’ friend, Chip Loper, runs the trust.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

A friend admonished him for the high-hat dismissal, and a chastened Mr. Lloyd fished out the script for a closer look.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“He was truly one of the best and we are all going to miss him,” wrote friend Darin Mitchell in the comments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

It was making a low, friendly yip-and-yowl which sounded a bit like it’s all right, I’m a friend.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Mr. Sparklepants and 29 flamingo friends rode out Isaias in the bathroom.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Nearly a quarter of first-time home buyers relied on financial help from family or friends in the form of loans or direct gifts for down payments, according to a 2025 National Association of Realtors report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

All three friends follow the Rethink Repayment campaign on social media.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The Surge has pulled its giant foam finger saying “DEBATES” out of storage, because friends, it is debate season.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026

“And, Arlo, it’s straight home for you for a while. I mean it. No hanging out after school with your friends, at least for now. Do I make myself clear?”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025

“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

"There's been many people that have been described as having hung around him, socialized with him, friended him. We have Prince Andrew, I mean, the heir to the throne of England."

From Fox News ● Nov. 22, 2019

Since Tea Cake and Janie had friended with the Bahaman workers in the ’Glades, they, the “Saws,” had been gradually drawn into the American crowd.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2025

“We often have free stuff,” Lu said in Mandarin to two men who crossed the border in January, after friending them on WeChat at the vegetable giveaway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

For months, many of them have been posting comments and photos, friending each other and following fake Trump accounts.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 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