confide
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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
“We want to make sure that we’re patient and provide a safe space for them to confide on what’s actually going on.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Always there for him to confide in, complain to and entrust with his continually evolving thoughts on Jewish life and theology, Kaplan called these ledger-size handwritten volumes his “communings of the spirit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 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
Besides, I can’t confide in anyone unless they tell me a lot about themselves, and because I know very little about him, I can’t get on a more intimate footing.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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"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
"A year ago, I was struggling," she confides.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025
Once the engagement is public, Theo confides in his sister Lies that he doesn’t know how happy his friend will be with Annie.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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While wrestling with his response to the Roebucks, Walters confided in Collins, his half brother.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"But privately it still scares me," she confided, adding she prioritises the "human" aspect of her work.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
"I know who it was," he confided to the man he did not know was recording him.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
In the summer of 2017, Walker confided in Epstein about encounters she’d had with Gates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
When Elizabeth confided her terror after hearing the sermons of the Reverend Charles Finney, Henry told her that he had heard those same words but that they had left a very different impression on him.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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One reporter at the briefing with me made me feel very old by confiding that YouTube - included in the ban - had been an essential resource for them at school.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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
As more emails emerge, there's a growing impression of how much Ferguson seemed to depend on Epstein, telling him he was her "pillar" and confiding "I have been so so sad".
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
They were comfortable confiding in one another to the point of calling the war “already a lost cause for Germany,” as Kiep put it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Once she even overheard Maester Tothmure's serving girl confiding to her brother about some message that said Joffrey was a bastard and not the rightful king at all.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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