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friend

[frend] / frɛnd /


VERB
add as a friend on social media
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The four-time major winner outscored his playing partner and close friend Sam Burns by seven shots as he signed for a four-under 66 to get back on the winning trail.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Our new friend moved me to think that we’re all works in progress—even those of us, like my sister, who are deep in the challenges of aging.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

"She was lovely - just like a friend you'd known all of your life," said Angela Powell who was among the first to arrive outside the singer's home.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Rodriguez and another friend who was in the car suffered minor injuries.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Turning to Sancho, he said, "Forgive me, my friend, because I, being crazy, made you seem crazy too."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

It encourages physical activity throughout the day, cooking fresh, local ingredients, and sitting down for a slow meal with family and friends.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

"We track what's happening and where, because our relatives, friends and colleagues are all over Kyiv and the region, so at least we understand what is happening and where," Reshetnyk said.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

“Prayers to all of our friends in Hawaii & crews flying to/from the islands!” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

"We are all devastated by George's death. He was the best of us and is deeply missed by his younger brothers, family and friends," his family said.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

But my rez friends were the kids I went to school with and maybe a few of their cousins who liked Star Wars or comics.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

A 2019 Swalwell campaign video shows the congressman and his family members on screen, and they appear to be the same people in the Facebook photos of the accounts friended to Fang.

From Fox News Dec. 9, 2020

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

But even if you could somehow equalize those things, the researchers suggest that would close only about half the gap, because of friending bias — the propensity of people to mostly befriend others like them.

From Washington Post Aug. 7, 2022

The News Feed, which dropped the “News” from its name earlier this year, pioneered a social feed that learns from explicit cues you give it, such as friending someone or following a page.

From The Verge Jun. 15, 2022

But all the time I knew perfectly well that the great show of honor and "friending" was not for me alone.

From The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections by Ellen Terry




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