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friend

[frend] / frɛnd /


VERB
add as a friend on social media
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Don’t expect to jump into a tight friend group right away.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

"This week I suddenly lost my cousin and best friend Harri," wrote Morgan under a picture of the pair at Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

“When I first saw the house, when they bought it, I thought she was crazy,” Meeshie’s friend and former colleague, Talene Kanian, says in an email.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

"You look at people the way a bird-watcher looks at birds," said a friend.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

It was making a low, friendly yip-and-yowl which sounded a bit like it’s all right, I’m a friend.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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