private conversation

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Tipping’s mother, Shirley Huffman, testified that her son told her around that time in a private conversation that not all officers were good.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

“It was a private conversation, let’s be honest, who would be happy if the whole nation were reading their messages? At the very least, I exercised poor judgment,” he told Radio Slovakia on Monday.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

For a decade and a half, I have wondered about a private conversation I had with the late Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Gordon Brown, about the financial crisis.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Doing so can be as simple as keeping truth—and sound economic policy—alive in private conversation within the business community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Behind me was the malign Edmund, before me an angry Claudius deep in private conversation with Laertes.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein