confidante
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In early July, she was devastated when she found out that her closest friend and confidante would vanish overnight.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Oddly, she appears as a sort of confidante with whom Odysseus speaks at intervals, and might be a figment of his imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Myanmar campaigners denounced on Tuesday US lobbyist Roger Stone, a close confidante of President Donald Trump, for accepting $50,000 a month to "rebuild" the Southeast Asian government's relations with Washington.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Sriram Krishnan, a senior policy adviser focused on AI at the White House and a close confidante of White House AI adviser David Sacks, is also involved in the efforts, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Thank you for being my one and only confidante.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Casey and Gen’s journey from competitors to confidantes is the film’s familiar emotional center, but tucked into an unfamiliar narrative.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
From then on, the two would remain friends, correspondents, confidantes, sounding boards, and inspirations to one another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
He was found to have been staying near his hometown of Castelvetrano in western Sicily, his fugitive lifestyle facilitated by his sister and close confidantes.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
If so, he's considered one of his grandfather's most trusted confidantes, having been his personal bodyguard, and more business-orientated than ideological, with no high-level diplomatic experience.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
They were the best confidantes for a lonely little girl.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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