be friends
Example Sentences
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How do professional athletes manage to be friends while competing for the sport's biggest prizes?
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Both women would prefer to be friends: a tale as old as time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
They say they want to be friends with a wide range of international partners and see no reason why such relationships should be exclusive.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
“You can be friends with people in the government,” she says, “but you remember, and they remember, that the paper comes first.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
It’s not as if Audrey were asking me not to talk to Conner or be friends with him.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
