befriend

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verbmake social acquaintance; support

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See also synonyms for: befriended / unbefriended

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They befriended local business owners and gained the trust of row-home renovators and longtime residents alike — many of whom opened their houses to be photographed.

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I’ve lived in three different neighborhoods in Albuquerque and each time we’ve moved I’ve befriended the neighbors, both because it’s the right thing to do and also because I want them to watch my house when I’m gone.

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She had befriended future first lady Hillary Clinton when both were among the few young female lawyers working on American Bar Association initiatives.

MARGARET RICHARDSON, IRS COMMISSIONER DURING CLINTON’S FIRST TERM, DIES AT 78ADAM BERNSTEINJULY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POST

In one instance, a Thacher student in the 1980s told investigators that a professor “befriended” her while she was a freshman, then forcibly kissed her and groped her at his home, according to the report.

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There also was a lonely camper, warmly befriended by Charlie Brown, named Roy.

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“The Music of Bees,” by Eileen GarvinAlice, a widowed beekeeper, befriends Jake, a paraplegic teenager, and Harry, who has social anxiety.

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I befriended Pleban in 2019, when she offered generous support to my own trail family during my AT thru-hike, even bringing a dozen gourmet cupcakes to a brewery for my birthday.

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Something Lovato said in that widely viewed conversation has stayed with Graham, who befriended Lovato after meeting her at the 2017 Time 100 Gala, where they were both honored for their advocacy.

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His, however, referred to a new investigative technique whereby potential crime suspects were befriended in hopes that evidence of their guilt would be revealed.

A CHILD’S MURDER, A LYNCH MOB AND THE EARLY DAYS OF THE NAACPJERALD WALKERMARCH 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST

We feed our children, we help our parents, we befriend our siblings.

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