confidant
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“Bobby Robotowitz” follows Dina, a flailing novelist, mother and wife, as she begins chatting with Bobby, whom she finds an unlikely confidant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
He is now expanding his work with defense technology startups and has become a confidant of Trump and his advisers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
Olmsted talked it over with his sons and with the newest member of the firm, Henry Sargent Codman—“Harry”—an intensely talented young landscape architect who had quickly become a trusted adviser and confidant.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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
Raducanu feels more relaxed - and therefore plays better - when she is surrounded by long-time confidants who she trusts implicitly.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
The love for Jordan, and what she believed in, is not only on display in this conversation, but also throughout the book itself — through friends, confidants and admirers of her work.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
He relied on several close confidants, including his brother, Ed James, who held a senior executive role, to operate his increasingly indebted empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
During the war, Lincoln and Seward had become good friends and trusted confidants.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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