confidant
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The Miami meeting follows visits to Moscow and Kyiv last month by Witkoff, a longtime Trump confidant, and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, as Washington seeks to revive negotiations that have yielded little progress.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
How does one cultivate the abilities necessary to become that confidant?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Fellow lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy, a confidant of Le Pen, said that the AfD had taken positions that were "against the interests of France".
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Rocha Moya, 77, is a longtime stalwart of Mexico’s ruling Morena party and confidant of ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leftist who founded Morena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Meg was Amy’s confidant and monitor, and by some strange attraction of opposites Jo was gentle Beth’s.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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He also has complained to confidants that the interim peace deal was ultimately meaningless, officials said, and that he always knew it wasn’t going to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Valor Equity Partners is the VC firm run by Antonio Gracias, a SpaceX director and one of Musk’s confidants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Since that unforgettable US Open run, Raducanu has shown she plays better when surrounded by long-time confidants who she trusts implicitly.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
If he believes it would be better to throw his confidants under a bus, his past actions show he will do so eagerly.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
Dessie, who had more friends than anyone in the whole valley, had no confidants.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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