come clean
Example Sentences
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His decades of painstaking research helped lead to a push in the 1990s for the Air Force to come clean on what it had been doing: testing spy balloons and recovering crash dummies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
She wasn’t the first to come clean like this.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2025
China wants to completely shift the narrative, says Mr Dhar, "It is trying to come clean amidst increased scrutiny".
From BBC • May 5, 2025
To Corby’s credit, he ultimately opts to come clean in the name of accountability.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025
I wanted nothing more than to come clean with her.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
