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At a San Francisco playground, a stranger tried to befriend an OpenAI employee who was there with their child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Don’t miss: Why does almost nobody want to befriend older people like me — except scammers?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Hundreds of people treat the request like religion, posting screenshots of their recent ratings to find new people in the community to befriend and follow.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 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

Motley collections of stray animals have always populated racetracks, and being the social creatures they are, horses usually befriend them.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Things get considerably more complex when, at the last minute, Lilac becomes one of the headliners at a book festival Sophie is working and briefly befriends her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The wife of a loaded investor dabbles in documentary filmmaking and befriends the spouse of a laid-off factory worker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

Stick with me... the real drama comes as Eriko befriends a blogger she follows on social media, but things soon become sour as her longing for companionship turns to obsession.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

As he has no children to play with, he befriends the wild rabbits, offering them food and stroking their fur until he can touch their twitching noses.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Iger befriended the Lakers’ current head coach JJ Redick when Redick played for the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

On the comedy scene in Philadelphia, where he lived from 2013 to 2019, he befriended his future “Tires” partners, including Chris O’Connor, a show writer who plays the pensive mechanic Cal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Another memorable role 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 ● Jul. 17, 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

She had been befriended by stout German farmers, whose guttural speech surprised her and whose well-kept farms astonished her.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

He also apologized for befriending Oxford, and he signed off with a request to correspond and perhaps visit someday.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

While Aang’s saga follows the trajectory of Western fantasies that revolve around a Chosen One, his stubborn insistence on nonviolence and befriending perceived enemies reflects Miyazaki’s reverence for empathy, innocence and life’s natural beauty.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

When my colleague Malia Mendez went to an event recently, people told her that attending Junk Journal Club “has made befriending strangers easy,” and many of them stay in touch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

In one email Ferguson congratulates Epstein on the arrival of a "baby boy", before following up by accusing him of only befriending her "to get to Andrew".

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

Bargaining can be hurried, but befriending a horse cannot.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss