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friendly

[frend-lee] / ˈfrɛnd li /


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"The whole atmosphere of running, it's such a friendly group. It's such a privilege to be part of the team."

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

On Saturday, De la Espriella said he had a "friendly" 10-minute phone call with Trump, and sought a temporary suspension of the tariffs imposed by the United States, to bring relief during its reconstruction phase.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Some friendly advice to visitors to New York City: Look both ways when walking and then look again—especially for bikes and e-bikes racing on roads, bike lanes and even sidewalks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The home’s environmentally friendly features continue outside, where solar panels help power the property and an edible landscape offers a variety of homegrown produce.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The people in the video rotated, but the message was a variation on the same theme: some friendly face was going to tell him that things were all right.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

He has impressed in all four of Spurs' friendlies so far.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Sporting director Richard Hughes was at the friendlies in Nashville and New York but not at the game on Sunday.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

As recently as March, when the U.S. dropped a pair of friendlies to Belgium and Portugal, he lamented that his players weren’t bringing enough energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Pereira had already planned pre-season in Portugal and Forest were due to play friendlies against Blackburn, Vitoria Guimaraes, Sporting Lisbon, Leverkusen, Barcelona and Udinese over the summer.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

“Who are the friendlies ahead of us?” he asked.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

And if the conventional wisdom about a candidate is a lot friendlier on that platform than on a competitor’s, I’d spend some extra time interrogating why that might be happening.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

The fireworks show has faced controversy regarding the famous avians, spawning a Change.org petition to move the festivities farther away or switch to an environmentally friendlier drone show.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

The longer-term math is friendlier: Against 2029 earnings, Humana trades at roughly 12 times, a more reasonable bet on what the business will look like once the recovery has played out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Those challenges have allowed a few cases to proceed in state court, where jurors are often perceived as being friendlier to homeowners than private arbitrators.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

And that smile he’s giving me is friendlier than I want it to be.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

The friendliest U.S. cities, according to World Cup tourists.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

"I'm telling you it's a shame what everyone thinks about them and everything, man, because they are one of the friendliest dogs that I know."

From BBC Feb. 19, 2026

In the end, Elmer the patchwork elephant seemed the friendliest, least controversial decision.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 1, 2026

Your executive producer on "Watson" said that it would be fun to cast the friendliest man in the world in this role.

From Salon Apr. 2, 2025

Is that why to the simplest and friendliest of questions: “What is your name?” put to you by Moses, You would not say, and said instead “I am who I am.”

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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