confidences

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One was her mixed-race dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckly, who betrayed Mary’s confidences in an 1868 memoir.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Prosecutors have said in court filings that the multiple representations could create a conflict by causing a lawyer to betray the confidences of a current or former client, or “pull punches,” during cross-examination.

From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2023

One fast-paced scene after another reveals confidences and arguments, hopes and fears, and of course the eternal quandaries: How much should you tip your dresser?

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

But, as expected, they spark something in one another, share confidences.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2023

More than this I cannot say without fear of breaching the Official Magical Secrets Act or, more importantly, the confidences that Dumbledore, most private of men, placed in me.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling