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to become a friend to (someone)
He befriended the new student.
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Recent Examples of befriends
Gi-hun also befriends Il-nam (Oh Yeong-soo), an old man dying of a brain tumor.
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Along the way, Roz befriends some of the local wildlife—Pedro Pascal voices a mischievous red fox named Fink, with Bill Nighy voicing an elderly goose named Longneck—and adopts an orphaned goose named Brightbill (Kit Connor).
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
In addition to Bell, the film also stars Brianne Howey as a pregnant woman who befriends Lainy, and Lizze Broadway and Urzila Carlson as Lainy's hilariously obnoxious coworkers.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Childers sets out to start a new life in a small town and befriends a young boy and his mother.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
The narrator befriends a quietly intense boy who spends his days reading in the (real-world) library.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Paul Giamatti stars as a curmudgeonly teacher stuck at school for winter break who befriends and bonds with a rebellious student (newcomer Dominic Sessa) and a grieving head cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who won an Oscar for the role).
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Bialik will play a heightened version of herself who turns up as a defendant and befriends Rauch’s Judge Abby Stone.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024
In his attempts to escape the bustling city, Moon befriends a lost little girl named Luna.
—EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Along the way, Roz befriends some of the local wildlife—Pedro Pascal voices a mischievous red fox named Fink, with Bill Nighy voicing an elderly goose named Longneck—and adopts an orphaned goose named Brightbill (Kit Connor).
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
In addition to Bell, the film also stars Brianne Howey as a pregnant woman who befriends Lainy, and Lizze Broadway and Urzila Carlson as Lainy's hilariously obnoxious coworkers.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Childers sets out to start a new life in a small town and befriends a young boy and his mother.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
The narrator befriends a quietly intense boy who spends his days reading in the (real-world) library.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Paul Giamatti stars as a curmudgeonly teacher stuck at school for winter break who befriends and bonds with a rebellious student (newcomer Dominic Sessa) and a grieving head cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who won an Oscar for the role).
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Bialik will play a heightened version of herself who turns up as a defendant and befriends Rauch’s Judge Abby Stone.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024
In his attempts to escape the bustling city, Moon befriends a lost little girl named Luna.
—EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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