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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

Hatton had unsuccessfully tried to befriend the old place on nine previous visits and, after starting with a two-over par 74 on Thursday, finally managed to ingratiate himself on Friday.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

In a similar leap, Jimmy and Alice forgive and befriend Goldstein’s Louis, the man who crashed his car into Tia’s and killed her.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 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 can befriend Christina, and cut my hair short, and let other people clean up their own messes.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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

She spends her nights cleaning the local aquarium, where she befriends a Pacific octopus named Marcellus.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

“Game of Thrones” fans know him as the longtime maester of the Night’s Watch who befriends Jon Snow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026

Lise has run-ins with other passengers aboard her flight and, once at her destination, befriends a bumbling, dotty widow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

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

Iger befriended the Lakers’ current head coach JJ Redick when Redick played for the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Over the years, he has befriended sports figures like Mike Tyson, Don King and Herschel Walker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

One of the people Tuchel befriended at the bar was Max Herre, a Stuttgart musician who would go on to be one of Germany's most popular rappers.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

But if she had heeded Aunt Rose’s ominous predictions about the dangers of the dead, then Ophie would not have befriended Clara.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Khalil has spoken at length about befriending Jewish students at Columbia, attending Shabbat dinners and seeing Jewish students as “integral” during the protest movement on campus.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026

Imagine a 21st century take on Margaret Mead befriending Samoans, only with cozy knit sweaters and a dash of animation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

“She was someone who was very interested in befriending others for status, more so than being a friend,” one classmate recalled.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025

The FBI thought the lead was promising enough to launch an undercover investigation, people familiar with it said, with a covert agent befriending the woman’s significant other to elicit new clues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

Yoyo turns Manuel's interview over to Carla, who's good at befriending with small talk.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez