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  • verb Present participle of befriend.

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Examples

  • Where Clinton developed decent working relationships with the GOP leadership, especially House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Obama has not shown much interest in befriending congressional leaders of either party - and certainly not his political opponents, who are more openly hostile than even those in the 1990s.

    Obama may follow Clinton's model Anne E. Kornblut 2010

  • What does he have to prove in befriending a young college geek (Jesse Eisenberg)?

    Solitary Man Movie Trailer and Photos | /Film 2010

  • The Germans had an expert in befriending US airmen and breaking them without their knowledge he had actually made them talk.

    Balkinization 2007

  • The Germans had an expert in befriending US airmen and breaking them without their knowledge he had actually made them talk.

    Balkinization 2007

  • The Germans had an expert in befriending US airmen and breaking them without their knowledge he had actually made them talk.

    Balkinization 2007

  • The Germans had an expert in befriending US airmen and breaking them without their knowledge he had actually made them talk.

    Balkinization 2007

  • The Germans had an expert in befriending US airmen and breaking them without their knowledge he had actually made them talk.

    Balkinization 2007

  • The Germans had an expert in befriending US airmen and breaking them without their knowledge he had actually made them talk.

    Balkinization 2007

  • The Germans had an expert in befriending US airmen and breaking them without their knowledge he had actually made them talk.

    Balkinization 2007

  • The Germans had an expert in befriending US airmen and breaking them without their knowledge he had actually made them talk.

    Balkinization 2007

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