confess
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Earlier, Chalong had called political commentator Anchalee Paireerak, who was livestreaming on YouTube at the time, to confess to the incident.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
But when she does lie, she is compelled to confess, even when the fib is innocuous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
It irritated her, but she was ashamed to confess it, and now and then she tried to console herself by buying something pretty, so that Sallie needn’t think she had to economize.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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Even at 79 — he’ll hit octogenarian status in December — Kaye confesses he hasn’t slowed down as a collector.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 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
Plainview confesses, “I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
“She told me a lot of things I didn’t understand,” Bailey confesses.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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He said his family supported his career choice, even though he confessed it felt "impossible" at times to see a path for himself into the industry.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Duhamel added that he was inspired by the “Patriots” survival guide and confessed that he worried about the delicate nature of a society so tech-dependent.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
As family, friends and colleagues dropped by his table to offer congratulations, he confessed that he was eager to get back to the office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Price also confessed, “We’re pulling from Bob Dylan, ‘Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid.’
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
When she confessed, with a poem, that she had not truly fallen in love with him until after the wedding, it shook him.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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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
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
He will be collecting tonight's Songwriter of the Year award, despite recently confessing to not having written a song in two years.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
A fetching lass in Regency garb and her paramour, confessing his ardor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
As he went on talking and confessing, Siddhartha felt more and more that this was no longer Vasudeva, no longer a man who was listening to him.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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