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confide

[kuhn-fahyd] / kənˈfaɪd /




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She said she would not have trusted a chaperone enough to confide in them, a problem exacerbated by the pandemic, and that "young people are even less likely to trust authority".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

When I began to confide in married girlfriends about our problems, they unfailingly shared their own marital struggles, things they’d never mentioned when I was single.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

In upcoming episodes, Diane is set to confide in her close friends that she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer before finding the strength to tell her husband Tony, played by Nick Pickard.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

It might be tempting to confide in colleagues that you’re having a hard time connecting with your manager, but that probably isn’t a good idea, Williams says.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026

I wanted to be more than that—I wanted him to trust me and confide in me.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

"This is the hardest house for me because Shiri was a very, very good friend of mine," Dalit confides.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

In Naiguata, a small coastal town famous for its traditional "dancing devils" festival, Cesar Rendon, 49, a former inmate who lived in the town's halfway house, confides that he "unburdened himself" with Apostol.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

She confides her joy in working there and also tells John that he was abandoned as a baby on the steps of the store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

But Felix confides that while many students still keep phones in their pockets - so long as teachers do not see - he believes keeping the screens out of sight has made them more present.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

He confides in her that he is going to propose to Jo Bonger, even though “it’s true that I don’t know her well enough to be able to tell you much about her.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

While wrestling with his response to the Roebucks, Walters confided in Collins, his half brother.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

But alone in the living room, Nasir, 47, confided that his younger daughter "is depressed and does not always have strong morale to continue learning on her own at home."

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Since then, I’ve been wondering what Mr. Warsh said to the president about interest rates and Fed independence, but neither man has confided in me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Our reporters have corroborated details in their accounts using diary entries, police and other records and interviews with friends and family, who they have confided in.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Only the day before, he confided to a friend that he “will have the fortune of receiving the greatest honor that can be given to a solider, that of dying for his country.”

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

After confiding in a padre - a military chaplain - the 56-year-old says she was reported to bosses and admitted to hospital, where she was held in isolation.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Anthony never married, and she considered herself to some degree Stanton’s amanuensis, confiding to an intimate that she felt that her best work had been “making the way clear” for her friend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

That debate is now coming for the AI companies that power the chatbots to which people are confiding the most intimate details of their private thoughts and lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

After their talk, Rebecca stopped confiding about Yolanda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025

This time her voice is confiding, as if she’s talking about something intimate that only she and I know about and agree on.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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