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He befriended the new student.
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Additionally, the details of Mamet's manila envelope scene line up perfectly with her last appearance on the show, which saw her character Joyce, a photographer who befriends Elizabeth Moss' Peggy, show off a series of graphic photos from a brutal crime scene.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
And could her future be seen as a battle between two wannabe mother figures – between Maite and the nun who befriends Ainara.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
In the film, the 53-year-old actor will play a 70-something-year-old man who befriends a 70-year-old chicken.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Watch Brave on Disney+ The Good Dinosaur A young apatosaurus named Arlo (Jack McGraw) befriends a human boy (Jack Bright) when he's swept away from his family in this heartwarming 2015 movie.
—Sydni Ellis, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
And could her future be seen as a battle between two wannabe mother figures – between Maite and the nun who befriends Ainara.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
In the film, the 53-year-old actor will play a 70-something-year-old man who befriends a 70-year-old chicken.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Watch Brave on Disney+ The Good Dinosaur A young apatosaurus named Arlo (Jack McGraw) befriends a human boy (Jack Bright) when he's swept away from his family in this heartwarming 2015 movie.
—Sydni Ellis, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/befriend. Accessed 15 Sep. 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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