close friend
Example Sentences
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Philippe Coutinho has joined his close friend and Brazil team-mate Neymar at Santos FC until the end of the season.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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
But you are not, by your own account, a close friend.
From MarketWatch ● 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
He was the first close friend I ever had.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
