confessed

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Defence lawyers Ellen Holager Andenæs and Petar Sekulic told the court that Høiby should only be convicted of the charges to which he had confessed.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

She confessed to harboring a top-secret method that has never failed her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

I confessed to Voorhees that I completely misread the direction this country was heading back when the first Black president in history termed out in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Schaefer confessed to the killing but claimed he was defending himself during an argument with von Wiese Mack, who was unhappy that her daughter was pregnant.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

As he later confessed, “I’m not very organized.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin