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Nearly a year ago, Stone wept with joy at the news that her old friend Robert Francis Prevost — born in Chicago and raised in south suburban Dolton — made history as the first American to be elected pope.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
When the Wild took DU alum Bobby Brink out of the lineup in favor of old friend Nico Sturm, there was no mistake about how Minnesota’s third and fourth lines were going to play against Dallas.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 2 May 2026
But, a visit from an old friend, Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale), changes everything.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
Four years later, his old friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) arrives to rescue him from himself, carting him down to Rio, where Rayburn is working for a security company on a construction site — there is a presidential election coming, and protests are feared.
—Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2026
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
When the Wild took DU alum Bobby Brink out of the lineup in favor of old friend Nico Sturm, there was no mistake about how Minnesota’s third and fourth lines were going to play against Dallas.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 2 May 2026
But, a visit from an old friend, Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale), changes everything.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
Four years later, his old friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) arrives to rescue him from himself, carting him down to Rio, where Rayburn is working for a security company on a construction site — there is a presidential election coming, and protests are feared.
—Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2026
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“Old friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20friend. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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