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befriend

[bih-frend] / bɪˈfrɛnd /




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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

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

From BBC • May 25, 2026

“They befriend you and say all the right things to get to you,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 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

I had never been ordered to befriend someone before.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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