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He befriended the new student.
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Regan befriended Bridger, who died in 1881 blind and penniless after living his final years in Westport, and rubbed shoulders with the James brothers.
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Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
Toni Greenberg, 68, of Reisterstown, Md., who lost her husband about a decade ago, befriended two more recent widows on a 2023 trip to Rome with the tour company Road Scholar, and this year, the trio is traveling to Costa Rica together on another Road Scholar trip.
—Julie Weed, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Facing an epic bout of writers’ block while cooped up in a rotting Los Angeles hotel, Barton befriends a diabolically charismatic traveling salesman named Charlie (Goodman) who’s staying down the hall.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
As before, How To Train Your Dragon follows a young viking, Hiccup, who breaks dragon-hunting convention by befriending a fire-breathing beast, Toothless, and setting out on an adventure.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
Toni Greenberg, 68, of Reisterstown, Md., who lost her husband about a decade ago, befriended two more recent widows on a 2023 trip to Rome with the tour company Road Scholar, and this year, the trio is traveling to Costa Rica together on another Road Scholar trip.
—Julie Weed, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Facing an epic bout of writers’ block while cooped up in a rotting Los Angeles hotel, Barton befriends a diabolically charismatic traveling salesman named Charlie (Goodman) who’s staying down the hall.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
As before, How To Train Your Dragon follows a young viking, Hiccup, who breaks dragon-hunting convention by befriending a fire-breathing beast, Toothless, and setting out on an adventure.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/befriend. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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befriend
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be·friend
bi-ˈfrend 
: to become or act as a friend to
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