befriend

Because who would watch a movie about two little girls who befriend a gentle forest creature and . . . that’s it?

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

You’re not out to fleece anyone with egregiously high commissions or merely befriend another member because you want to flog the latest financial product.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

"He would make sure to befriend them and make them feel comfortable."

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Dr. Kelson is so lonely that he’s begun to befriend one of those spine-ripping alphas, whom he calls Samson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

I forced myself to befriend other students, clumsily introducing myself again and again until I had a small circle of friends.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Things get considerably more complex when, at the last minute, Lilac becomes one of the headliners at a book festival Sophie is working and briefly befriends her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Once she settles in, the girl befriends other spirits and wins them over with her acceptance and understanding — including a few shunned by everyone else, like the famous No-Face.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

He befriends Mr. Durand, who owns the station with his partner, Emma, a British researcher, and makes it his mission to keep their station going and the forest around it intact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Even so, its use here is brazen and strange, from this case of death by chocolate to an “E.T.” embezzlement in which Isabella befriends a baby Aquilops with red rope licorice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

As he has no children to play with, he befriends the wild rabbits, offering them food and stroking their fur until he can touch their twitching noses.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Born in Minnesota, Bill Niman found himself in Bolinas in 1969, where he befriended lefty intellectuals who were critical of factory farming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Another memorable role came two years later when Fricker was cast as the homeless bird lady befriended by Macaulay Culkin's Kevin in Home Alone 2.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Aang befriended Zuko, an exiled Fire Nation prince who at first hunted Aang to regain his father’s approval before joining his quarry’s mission to restore peace.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

A friend of mine befriended a homeless man and took him in.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

She had heard that we had befriended a man on this street.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

He also apologized for befriending Oxford, and he signed off with a request to correspond and perhaps visit someday.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

While Aang’s saga follows the trajectory of Western fantasies that revolve around a Chosen One, his stubborn insistence on nonviolence and befriending perceived enemies reflects Miyazaki’s reverence for empathy, innocence and life’s natural beauty.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

But by experiencing these girls and by befriending these girls, she is actually now opening her mind to be more susceptible to friendship, and ... understanding individuals who are different from who she is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

Henry bides his time, watching other subjects closely before befriending Eleven.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025

The governor sits down on the edge of his desk and gives me a befriending smile.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez