confess
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In it, Walters expressed regret, but he had decided not to confess to the crime.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
“What did he confess to? Trying to kind of work around the rules to make the Clippers a championship team,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
I confess that the Multistrada is a sentimental favorite from my youth—well, middle age—such that I may put aside some rational considerations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
But she became so unwell that she had to confess.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Not that I have anything to confess to—other than borrowing 1 wrong answer.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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Not that he wants to be a poet: “I don’t want to write,” he confesses to his friend June, who, for practical reasons, has decided to become an insurance underwriter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Tahereh confesses to having no remorse over her husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Unless Devine confesses to anything, the wicketkeeper is the star witness for the prosecution and the defence.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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
"I never thought I was better than you, by the way," she confesses.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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"I don't take the subway anymore to the big games," he confessed to reporters, but recalled riding the train regularly while growing up -- noting he always paid his fare.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
"Brighton were really good," Mikel Arteta confessed after Arsenal's 3-0 defeat before the international break.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Not that you shouldn’t get a picture, but when I’m reduced to just the transactional, I find that much harder to bear,” she confessed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The A-lister, who shares his son with Gelila Bekele, whom he was in a relationship with from 2009 to 2020, further confessed that he doesn’t ever plan on getting married.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The sting of it would stay with me for months, even as plenty of my colleagues at Sidley confessed that they, too, hadn’t passed the bar exam the first time.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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“You’d be getting a phone call from me about an hour after we say goodbye, confessing all,” Seehorn answers, smiling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
Most videos go viral quickly after posting, as comment sections get flooded with girlfriends everywhere confessing their codependent tendencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has put her legendary Los Angeles estate on the market for $29.9 million—nearly two years after confessing that she wanted to leave the U.S. for good and move abroad.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
“Are you kidding me? They’re out there confessing right now. It’s a secret librarian trick to mention cameras,” he says, holding up his fist for dap.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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