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friends

  • plural
    of friend.
    friend
    noun
    a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
  • present tense form
    of friend (3rd person singular).
    friend
    noun
    a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.

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Afterwards, when the couple showed the sonogram to their loved ones, Reece said it felt like "friends and family knew more about my baby than I did".

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

"You all become friends, part of a community, and I was talking to her on that level, rather than the Princess of Wales," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Yokoi, who runs the coffee shop near Futenma, said friends elsewhere in Japan are often surprised when he describes the noise and other daily challenges of living so close to the U.S. military.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Making friends as an adult can be hard.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

In December 1950, Dr. Frederick Johansen, Carville’s medical director, gives Joey permission to visit one of those friends in El Paso, Texas, for Christmas.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly