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confide

[kuhn-fahyd] / kənˈfaɪd /




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In upcoming episodes, Diane is set to confide in her close friends that she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer before finding the strength to tell her husband Tony, played by Nick Pickard.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

It might be tempting to confide in colleagues that you’re having a hard time connecting with your manager, but that probably isn’t a good idea, Williams says.

From MarketWatch Feb. 28, 2026

That makes it hard for the holiday villain to visit sick kids in the hospital, as legions of Santas do every year, or comfort children who confide in him about bullying.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 25, 2025

And you confide more because you know your fellow travelers—the friend who had to struggle with professional disappointments she now understands are final, or with personal ones that cannot be changed.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

I don’t want the person I confide in to be around me all the time.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

In Naiguata, a small coastal town famous for its traditional "dancing devils" festival, Cesar Rendon, 49, a former inmate who lived in the town's halfway house, confides that he "unburdened himself" with Apostol.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

She confides her joy in working there and also tells John that he was abandoned as a baby on the steps of the store.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

But Felix confides that while many students still keep phones in their pockets - so long as teachers do not see - he believes keeping the screens out of sight has made them more present.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

One woman, who doesn’t want to give her name, confides that she’d like to hear from her brother, who recently died.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2025

"The help! Every day worse," Tía Flor confides to Yolanda, flashing her famous smile.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

But alone in the living room, Nasir, 47, confided that his younger daughter "is depressed and does not always have strong morale to continue learning on her own at home."

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Despite being incredibly upset, Emma did not report the doctor to police and instead confided in her husband.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

This sense of history, Freidenberg confided to her diary, “has always spoken in me with great force. Therein lay my certain faith.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

I created an imaginary friend, Charlotte, who was the only one I confided in.

From Salon May 16, 2001

“Katrien,” as the family had rechristened her, was posing as the von Woerden’s housemaid—although Nollie confided to me that she had yet so much as to make her own bed.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Ms. Applegate has a smoky, confiding voice that swings along but shifts register when the material warrants it.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Anthony never married, and she considered herself to some degree Stanton’s amanuensis, confiding to an intimate that she felt that her best work had been “making the way clear” for her friend.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

He tried to reach out for help at Loyola, even confiding in his coach about his feelings.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2025

It was the best part of a couple of years ago, and a senior government figure was confiding in me about listening in on a call between the then prime minister and President Biden.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2024

Raji was the only one to whom I could complain, confiding in him that I was afraid I would have to spend the rest of my life in a sea of orange marigolds.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan




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