confess
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Uden didn't confess until five years later, in 2025, when he was having cancer treatment himself - for bowel cancer.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
In it, Walters expressed regret, but he had decided not to confess to the crime.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 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
Catholics are supposed to confess our sins privately.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Now in order for either of them to enter the contest, he, Jeremy, would have to confess to something he hadn't done— and confess it to the man he disliked most in the whole world.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
“I was an awkward teenage girl,” she confesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
“I can’t seem to sit around in quiet contemplation anymore,” she confesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"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
Joey confesses in her letter that she has moments of unspeakable loneliness, though she finds comfort in her faith, believing that God has specifically chosen this “strange hidden life” for her.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Jessep by Mr. Cruise’s character in “A Few Good Men,” which made the pro-military sector of the audience think Jessep had a point even as he confessed his crime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Other parents have sheepishly confessed they're doing the same.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
When he failed, he confessed to the crime.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
These are utterly baseless, as Lindsay Clancy has confessed.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Myers then confessed that he had made up the story because the true killer was none other than the elected sheriff of a nearby county.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Anything to avoid confessing, “I am broken by this loss.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Everyone was applauding and smiling at me,” he says, confessing to having been extremely nervous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 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
Meanwhile, Sumsub, which sells services to counter fraud, polled 2,000 UK dating app users and found another culprit, with 54% of the poll respondents confessing to using AI to spice up their own online profile.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
I told June what I was doing at lunch, like I was confessing something really awful: “I’m pretending you’re my girlfriend today.”
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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