confessed

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When he and his brother guided clients who confessed that they were scared of heights, he replied: “Good, you had better be. So are we, and that is why we are still alive.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In an interview with The Times, Sid confessed that the whole thing was a lie concocted by a publicist in the 1940s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Prosecutors say the suspect, identified only as Damian A. under Dutch privacy laws, has confessed.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

There was the way Hannah confessed to the Times reporter that she liked giving birth away from her husband, because she got to enjoy pain medications when he was not around.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

“There are three things I never could understand,” the aging patriarch once confessed.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson