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He befriended the new student.
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The narrator befriends a quietly intense boy who spends his days reading in the (real-world) library.
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Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Maia Kealoha will now play Lilo, the young Hawaiian girl who befriends Stitch after his spaceship crashes on the islands, while Sydney Elizabeth Agudong plays her older sister and guardian Nani.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Even before Musk befriended Trump, SpaceX had been on quite a run.
—Andrea Murphy, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Snyder emailed Graham, a prominent attorney known for representing lawyers who get into trouble, and who Snyder had befriended years earlier, on Aug. 8.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
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Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Maia Kealoha will now play Lilo, the young Hawaiian girl who befriends Stitch after his spaceship crashes on the islands, while Sydney Elizabeth Agudong plays her older sister and guardian Nani.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Even before Musk befriended Trump, SpaceX had been on quite a run.
—Andrea Murphy, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Snyder emailed Graham, a prominent attorney known for representing lawyers who get into trouble, and who Snyder had befriended years earlier, on Aug. 8.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/befriend. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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befriend
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be·friend
bi-ˈfrend 
: to become or act as a friend to
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