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confession

[kuhn-fesh-uhn] / kənˈfɛʃ ən /


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Abu Agila Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, 74, has claimed he was forced by three masked men into making a false confession while in custody in Libya.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Police returned to the place after securing a confession.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

It was not only a confession but a road map, with the email addresses and phone numbers of people Kao thought agents ought to subpoena.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

I am 56 and have a confession that makes me feel like a terrible person: I have a friend, 58, who likes me much more than I like her.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Soon after his confession, a posse of lawmen swept in and seized Brown when he was in Pawhuska on business.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

His confessions opened up an entirely new phase of the investigation.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

"I like walking the streets of Derry and I am often stopped by people asking for prayers and confessions."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

In recent years, a stream of DNA exonerations has shown how widespread false confessions really are.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Compounding the novel’s Gothic gloom is the sense that these confessions do not provide their speakers any absolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

My friendship with Louise was solidified over jacks, hopscotch and confessions, deep and dark, exchanged often after many a “Cross your heart you won’t tell?”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou


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