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Jeremy is a great friend and a great astronaut and a great ambassador to Canada, and I'm just excited to see him go do this.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Kimmel confirmed Escobedo’s death early Tuesday morning in an Instagram post later that day, writing that “we lost a great friend, father, son, musician and man.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

“Shinzo Abe was a great friend of mine, sad to see what happened. It was so shocking, but he spoke so well of you,” Trump told Takaichi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

He called Modi his "great friend" as the two countries set an ambitious target of doubling their trade to $500bn by 2030.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

Then, because Daniel is a great friend, he gets very quiet so that they can just watch and listen, and have thinking time.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers