Then we became friends, which I thought was better than enemies.

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During the four years that Kasparov and I traveled the world talking masterpiece games, war, love, novels, everything else under the sun, while I was researching his biography, we became friends.

FORBES: Magazine Article

"The Killers were fairly unknown at that time, but we became friends when we were staying in London at the Columbia, which is sort of a rock 'n roll hotel, three beds to a room, " he said.

BBC: Brandon Flowers

He tells me to call him because he had disagreed and then we became close friends right there.

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Harold told me he had been the third black student at UGA, and we became classroom friends of sorts.

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We had a good conversation and became friends.

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Alex and I had milestones, we went to friends' weddings, became honorary aunts and uncles.

CNN: A mixed-race romance, a family rift

One night, as I walked down a street in Chiang Mai, Thailand with a girlfriend to a bar we were meeting friends at, I became aware of the faint sound of footsteps behind me.

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Jim and his wife, Patti, became close friends of the Forbes family during the considerable time we spent together at countless FORBES activities and events.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

We went to the same school during first and second grade, and became the best of friends.

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