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The appropriately named Bankrate Financial Taboos Survey concluded that 61% of U.S. adults said they would be uncomfortable talking about their bank-account balances with family members or close friends.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
He was close friends with virtually all of Russia’s pre-eminent philosophers, historians and literary critics, among them Vissarion Belinsky, Timofei Granovsky, Nikolai Stankevich and Petr Chaadayev.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
About 40 of Wong's supporters, including fellow activists and some of his close friends, gathered in court on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
A private funeral for Parton is expected to be for family and close friends, followed by at least one public service, either in Nashville or Sevierville.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Francie hardly knew the girls, nevertheless she waved and called out to them as gaily as though they had been close friends for years.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
