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close friend

NOUN
blood brother
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NOUN
blood sister
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Making these films was sparked by doing the documentary about Garry Shandling, because he was my close friend and in a lot of ways I didn’t fully understand him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

By then, however, his close friend Palmer had already broken into the England squad through regular goals and assists for Chelsea.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

America's top diplomat testified at the trial in March that Rivera had once been a "close friend" and that the two shared an apartment when they were Florida lawmakers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Jorge Mas, the billionaire co-owner of the Inter Miami soccer club and a close friend of Rubio, says Trump once asked him what it would cost to rebuild the island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

“How about cousins? Or maybe a close friend from school?”

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman


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