confidante
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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
Her confidante immediately hastens off to write “The Tears of the Comet,” an allegorical tale that decorously recasts certain incidents from his stay.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 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
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
I stormed over to the couch and called the one person who had gradually, without my even noticing it, become my confidante: Annette.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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