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Confessions

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  1. The title of two well-known autobiographies: that of Augustine from the fourth century, describing his early years and his conversion to Christianity, and that of the eighteenth-century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.


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Pratt, in his new book “The Guy You Loved to Hate: Confessions from a Reality TV Villain,” wrote that the coach was punishing him for “ghosting a meeting the night before playoffs.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“Bringing Confessions II back to where it began was such a thrill,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The city was the one-time home of Augustine, whose autobiographical "Confessions" is a seminal work within the Christian tradition.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Writer who was best-known for her 2000 novel, Confessions of a Shopaholic, the comic saga of Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist and serial shopper.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

I pretended like I had important business in my locker while Alyx and Julia discussed True Confessions at Rachel’s house last night.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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