close friend

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At the 2020 US Open, Zverev let a two-set lead slip against Austria's Dominic Thiem - another close friend.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Two years later, Travolta’s close friend and “Grease” co-star, Olivia Newton-John, died after her own lengthy battle with breast cancer.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

He had been in and out of jail since he was a child, said Anamely Ramos, a Cuban activist and close friend who talks to him regularly.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

She was accompanied by Pauline Macías, a Brazilian judoka, MMA fighter and close friend since the age of 11.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Smith decided that if he couldn’t have Woolf, he wanted a rough-and-tumble, freckle-faced western rider named Noel “Spec” Richardson, a close friend of Pollard and Woolf.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand