friend of a friend
Example Sentences
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Aside from a friend of a friend, he said he hasn’t found many people who can relate to the experience of watching his wife, a chemical engineer, struggle to understand her current reality.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
I know a woman, a friend of a friend, who went into credit card debt for an abortion.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026
Wawee was able to get entry through a friend of a friend who had a horse farm in Kentucky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
"I didn't think anything of it because it was a friend of a friend," said Sian, from Blaenau Ffestiniog.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
This was obviously the point where she, Gilly, was supposed to come into the story, but it still seemed far too remote, like something that had happened once to a friend of a friend.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
