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confessed

American  
[kuhn-fest] / kənˈfɛst /

adjective

  1. openly admitted; declared to be true.

  2. Christianity. having confessed one's sins for absolution.


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"I don't take the subway anymore to the big games," he confessed to reporters, but recalled riding the train regularly while growing up -- noting he always paid his fare.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Not that you shouldn’t get a picture, but when I’m reduced to just the transactional, I find that much harder to bear,” she confessed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The A-lister, who shares his son with Gelila Bekele, whom he was in a relationship with from 2009 to 2020, further confessed that he doesn’t ever plan on getting married.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

When he contacted the last person he knew had the strip, they sheepishly confessed to losing it.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Because, yeah, he was excited to see her, but he was about to confess something—maybe the biggest mistake he’d ever made—and he didn’t want her to be there when he confessed it.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

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