close friend
Example Sentences
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But you are not, by your own account, a close friend.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
"Lord O'Neill, a close friend of the prime minister, said yesterday's statement in the Commons was the last thing investors wanted to hear," Badenoch said.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The rise to power of Octavian—who becomes Augustus, Rome’s first emperor—is imagined through the eyes of the emperor’s close friend and military ally, Agrippa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
“I’m a venture capitalist. My job is to find young people who I think will do extraordinary things in the world that others can’t,” said the now-retired Cutler, who is a close friend of Kushner’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
I spoke regularly with Verna Williams, a close friend from law school, who until recently had been living in Cambridge.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
