befriend
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"The approach now is to try and befriend people, rather than coerce them."
From BBC • May 20, 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
As an adult I acquired a different doppelgänger, not a famous actor but a fellow opinion journalist whom I happened to befriend after moving to New York in the mid-1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
One method, Friend A recalls, was simple: Agnes would befriend someone who offered to buy her a drink, then quietly ask the bartender to skip the drink and hand her the cash instead.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
Though griffins are fierce, a handful of skilled wizards have been known to befriend one.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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