be friends with

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Many fans discovered her via the track “new friends,” an honest and lighthearted bop about not wanting to be friends with an ex.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“I wanted to be friends with Tilly,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

We don’t have to be friends with everyone.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 27, 2025

F1 driver Lando Norris says it's "tricky, but certainly not impossible" to be friends with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

“We don’t have to be friends with her, but we can’t shut her out. We have to be bigger people.”

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea