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confidante

[kon-fi-dant, -dahnt, kon-fi-dant, -dahnt] / ˌkɒn fɪˈdænt, -ˈdɑnt, ˈkɒn fɪˌdænt, -ˌdɑnt /


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This week, Kim Yo Jong, a powerful confidante of her brother Kim Jong Un, said the joint drills "may cause unimaginably terrible consequences".

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Alumni from “Yellowstone” returning in “Marshals” include Gil Birmingham as tribal Chairman Thomas Rainwater and Mo Brings Plenty as his confidante Mo.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Ms. Wiles seems, in the piece, to have been allowed, perhaps even encouraged, to view her interlocutor as her friend, her jolly confidante.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Mrs Spragg became "a confidante" and later took "an active role" in assisting Ms Wandelt in her futile attempts to contact the McCanns, Mr Duck KC said.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

He became my confidante, someone with whom I could share thoughts I could never voice inside the fence.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins