confidante

Example Sentences

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Earlier 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

It was all a ruse, so Jule would see Noa as a confidante, not an adversary.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart