Confessions
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Thus began a short, tumultuous career in left-wing politics, chronicled in “Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative,” published next week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
But for her 15th album, she's revisiting her 10th: 2005's Confessions on a Dance Floor.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Palmer and Joao Pedro, who were left out of the England and Brazil World Cup squads respectively, are among the high-profile names included in Confessions II - The Film.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Guy de la Bédoyère’s “The Confessions of Samuel Pepys” is effectively a supplement to the superlative complete edition made by Robert Latham and William Matthews and published in 11 volumes between 1970 and 1983.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
St. Augustine—who in his Confessions writes, “I came to the fields and spacious palaces of memory”—gave memory the honor of being one of the three faculties of the soul.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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