A sure (or trusted) friend.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The right to arrive at a mutually agreed upon definition of the term trusted partner.    From Wordnik.com.  [InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs] Reference

Mr Colvin said he relied on what he called trusted sources for much of his information.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference

He allows certain "trusted" people (his quotes) to post entries on his blog, and one of them placed the telemarketing post, he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2003-09-01] Reference

Note that McBride was a long term trusted adviser to Brown.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tangled Web] Reference

To believe that Mexicans somehow cannot be trusted is both racist and wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Building Trust] Reference

Are they new or are they a long-term trusted participant in your supply chain?.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenBiz.com Green Business News] Reference

Phillip Thompson is a former Marine and is a long-term trusted employee of the senator.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2007] Reference

Another reason republicans can not be trusted is because they listen to Rush, enough said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: New Jersey gubernatorial race tightens up] Reference

I wonder what kind of presidency rests with a candidate who can't be trusted from the start.    From Wordnik.com.  [Florida compromise seats delegation, gives each half vote] Reference

Builds and maintains high-level, long-term trusted advisor relationships in complex environments.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference

She can't be trusted, is not a team player and her and her hubby bring to much garbage to the table.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Poll: Majority of Dems want Clinton to be VP] Reference

The reason that blocklist. org cannot be trusted is cereberius has added some of the former staff ips to the blocklist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trouble at PeerGuardian] Reference

She liked the bluff and gruff manner of the dwarf, admired his ele­gant style of clothing and, in short, trusted him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons Of Summer Flame]

She called a trusted friend over for a visit and while drinking tea she spilled out her story, with tears and frustration.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference

Divine guidance and support can enable him to go forward with safety to himself, and to the vast interests in trusted to him?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sermon on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States. Preached on the Occasion of the National Funeral] Reference

EMEK: Well, first thing is you call your trusted choice agent, whoever your agent is, and tell them you've just had a disaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 17, 2008] Reference

Seems to me that if a woman is too drunk to have her word trusted, that would be pretty much the definition of too drunk to give consent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Campus] Reference

As other posters have said, 33% is not "trusted" - it's more like "distrusted least".    From Wordnik.com.  [Iain Dale's Diary] Reference

"The last phase is what we call a trusted friend, or somebody who has decided that they will no longer fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackanthem Military News] Reference

What is being described as a trusted source has informed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks] Reference

Can the notion of trusted media brands survive the chaos?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bubble 2.0 Is a Bubble in Media - Publishing 2.0] Reference

Immediately, call a trusted friend who can talk you off the ledge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Genius Types] Reference

If the application is not allowed to call trusted APIs, nothing happens.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Code Project Latest Articles] Reference

Pea Eye was the last of his men, and one of the few people Call trusted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Streets of Laredo] Reference

The last signal I want to cover in article ranking is the idea of trusted sources.    From Wordnik.com.  [SEO lessons from Google News: How to promote your stories, straight from the bot’s mouth » Nieman Journalism Lab] Reference

The thief tends to be "the long-term trusted employee who's never had any evidence of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines] Reference

Web Filtering is defined as a trusted subsystem that enforces a security policy on the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business Wire Travel News] Reference

CBS sources say that last year the suspected spy, described as a trusted analyst at the.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

For instance, the report noted its disappointment in so-called trusted shipper programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freep.com - RSS] Reference

But evidently the sell-sword trusted in the unwritten rules of the Arms. He did not turn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take A Thief]

You and I both know that the so called trusted sources botched data for a political agenda.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference

The more I look at DRM and so called trusted treacherous computing concepts, the worse it seems.    From Wordnik.com.  [fair use under threat] Reference

"trusted" -- that is, whether other people have downloaded and used them safely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest from Computerworld] Reference

And if she did give Caylee to someone that she, quote, "trusted," who is this person?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2008] Reference

We've been generous and impartial at providing admin. rights to "trusted" volunteers.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Happens to the Obama Network After the Election? (2)] Reference