• Make a beeline for reception, Nossel recommends, and befriend the person at the desk.

    FORBES

  • Nevertheless, the researchers wrote, the findings reveal that tend-and-befriend is not exclusive to women.

    MSN: Stress turns guys into social butterflies

  • Kawai would befriend them and insinuate himself into their lives, so that he could better observe their behavior.

    NEWYORKER: Master of Play

  • But it seemed more his style to befriend all the cult boys and yet not be one himself.

    NEWYORKER: Cell One

  • It's not clear when or how Mr. Dotcom came to befriend hip-hop stars like Mr. Dean, known as Swizz Beatz.

    WSJ: Inside the Lavish Life Of Web's Mr. Dotcom

  • The Salvation Army, founded in 1865 as an evangelical church to "befriend those who have no friends, " needs new boosters.

    FORBES: Charity Case

  • My colleagues, many of them my friends for years, may find it difficult in their hearts to befriend me any longer.

    CNN: Transcript: Jeffords statement

  • Even the French, somewhat better informed, tend to remember him only as the Prussian king who had the wit to befriend Voltaire.

    ECONOMIST: Historical biography

  • However, the god that you now wish to befriend was very interested in that man, and as a result you're out of luck.

    CNN: Fantasy gaming on the Mac

  • The State Department monitors social media in five languages and flags, for instance, influential figures in a country whom envoys ought to befriend.

    ECONOMIST: Foreign ministries are getting the hang of social media

  • Which vision do you think would be most advantageous for the future of humanity and other alien races we may or may not befriend?

    CNN: Whose tech is better: 'Star Trek' or 'Star Wars'?

  • Has our relation with machines made us feel so deprived of human contact that we befriend anyone and shack up with whoever has a mattress?

    NEWYORKER: You��re Welcome

  • Thanks to his experiment in ornament, once-imposing walls now quietly befriend the room's occupants, adding wit to the mix, without overshadowing Mr. Haverland's well-curated possessions.

    WSJ: The Height of Charm | Anatomy Lesson

  • There is a sense of depth and development as you first encounter, then control, and it seems finally befriend the Wendigo monsters in the game.

    FORBES: Vita Exclusive Tearaway Includes Paper-Craft Achievements

  • For one thing, he noted, if you cannot befriend yourself, warts and all, then how can you possible expect to befriend anyone else, warts and all.

    BBC: Viewpoint: In defence of narcissism

  • Lori Drew, 49, allegedly posed as a boy on the website to befriend Megan Meier, 13, who hanged herself after he broke off the virtual relationship.

    BBC: Myspace website

  • This does seem a little counter-intuitive, but credit card holders are using Facebook to befriend the people who send them those annoying bills for long-forgotten bar tabs.

    FORBES: Tweet If You Like Your Credit Card Company

  • Most said they would befriend a slim Alfie, however.

    BBC: Children shun fictional 'fat Alfie'

  • He suggested that they might select a hospital officer or assistant governor to befriend the prisoner concerned and cultivate a relationship with him with a view to persuading him to end his protest.

    BBC: Northern Ireland

  • He may raise questions about the wisdom of Mr Cameron's decision to hire the editor who resigned from the News of the World when phone hacking was first revealed and to befriend Rupert Murdoch's right-hand woman.

    BBC: The looming shadow of Leveson

  • As it stood, he could only wince inwardly at this second, false personality, while making a good show of laughing along as Bill made a friend of all the young soldiers whom Hanwell himself had not yet managed to befriend.

    NEWYORKER: Hanwell Senior

  • Some powerbrokers he needed to befriend.

    ECONOMIST: Ghulam Haider Hamidi

  • In another cut of the data, we recently ranked the findings on four criteria to find the Friendliest Countries: ability to befriend locals, success in learning the local language, capacity for integrating themselves into the community, and ease in which they fit into the new culture.

    FORBES: My Quest For Paradise On The Expat Explorer

  • Two criminal drifters, Song and Tang, have developed a scam: they befriend one of the many uprooted men looking for work and tell him that they know of a job at a rural mine, but that the man must pretend to be their brother in order to be hired.

    NEWYORKER: Blind Shaft

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