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He befriended the new student.
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In 2022, the silver medal captured by Luz Long, the German long jumper who befriended Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, sold at auction for more than $488,000.
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Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Mulholland Drive follows an aspiring actress (Watts) who befriends an amnesiac woman (Harring) after arriving in Los Angeles.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
The film starred John Hurt as Joseph (John) Merrick, an English man with severe physical deformities who was largely shunned by society, and Anthony Hopkins as Frederick Treves, a doctor who befriended Merrick.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Naomi Watts had her Hollywood breakthrough as an aspiring actress in LA who befriends a woman (Laura Elena Harring) suffering from amnesia after a car accident, and the two come on the radar of a smarmy film director (Justin Theroux) who's being threatened by mobsters.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Mulholland Drive follows an aspiring actress (Watts) who befriends an amnesiac woman (Harring) after arriving in Los Angeles.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
The film starred John Hurt as Joseph (John) Merrick, an English man with severe physical deformities who was largely shunned by society, and Anthony Hopkins as Frederick Treves, a doctor who befriended Merrick.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Naomi Watts had her Hollywood breakthrough as an aspiring actress in LA who befriends a woman (Laura Elena Harring) suffering from amnesia after a car accident, and the two come on the radar of a smarmy film director (Justin Theroux) who's being threatened by mobsters.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/befriend. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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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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