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confess

[kuhn-fes] / kənˈfɛs /


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Mary McNamara: I confess that my most audible sob came with the tender nod to the late, great Rob Reiner, who made his last screen appearance in Season 4, as business mentor Albert Schur.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

I’ll confess a personal stake in all this.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

“I love bacon and chicharrónes, but I could never eat pork uterus,” I confess, wincing at our 60” Insignia television screen.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

The first was that a key witness, one who claimed he had heard Whitton confess to the crime while in prison, had lied to the court about having a criminal record.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2026

Let me confess exactly with what feelings I looked forward to Joe’s coming.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

"I'm a physics teacher and I've got a terrible sense of humour," he confesses, so he particularly likes it if the students pick up on his fondness for corny puns.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Muir confesses that this feature of the market is overlooked by many market players, partly because it’s esoteric and seemingly innocuous.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

When Padilla lived in L.A., she adored her Los Feliz neighborhood, so on this late April afternoon she confesses to some disorientation at doing press on the Westside.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

In a prefatory note, he confesses his anxiety about this practice, asking rhetorically, “you can’t just make up quotes, can you?”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

When his mother confesses that she is nervous to be in the house alone, Maxine tells her she’d be nervous, too.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Ancelotti confessed that he did not have another player with the same characteristics.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Cuthbert confessed that she was unaware of Fortune’s books before taking up the role, but has since become an enthusiast of Fortune’s works.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

He first confessed to police after hours of questioning at his New Jersey home without being read his Miranda warnings, which inform suspects about their rights.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Rogers confessed he missed Rinna’s heightened turn as Bessette because he and Yang were talking to Lisa Kudrow backstage.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

“We were two,” I confessed, “but I doubt whether we have filled even one!”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

By genuinely confessing on the dance floor, Madonna has made a far more moving and crucial “biopic” than any shiny studio film could afford her.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

One of the boys who took it hid it in his loft in Ireland before confessing to his son before his death.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2026

A fetching lass in Regency garb and her paramour, confessing his ardor.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2026

Boone is responsible for tremendous environmental harm but remains unrepentant, even as other apparitions materialize seeking to shame him into confessing his sins.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

After confessing to these things they had been pardoned, reinstated in the Party, and given posts which were in fact sinecures but which sounded important.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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