confessional
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The film’s theatrical provenance reveals itself in long monologues in the Marilyn confessional room and Pedretti delivers one that reveals the depth beyond Cherry’s ditzy exterior.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
“I think I just pushed myself way past my limit,” she said in a confessional.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Harriet didn't mince her words when she won the opportunity to speak directly to the traitors, who were hidden away in the church confessional.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
State television publicized some high-profile corruption cases in a four-part documentary series aired this week, which featured confessional interviews with disgraced officials—including a former agriculture minister and a onetime top banker turned regional leader.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
They all drew around the kneeling Horse and myself, and the wall provided the enclosure but not the privacy of the confessional.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
