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In 1980 in “Fame,” Montgomery is confessing the love he has for a classmate essentially to himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2023

Throughout the novel, it’s also unclear to whom Harding is confessing, other than to “his conscience” — which has plenty of prejudicial blind spots.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

The most significant change from the Boston production is the frame narrative in which Humbert is confessing his crimes, now not to the audience but to a therapist, Dr. Ray.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2019

So, the dilemma here is whether to assume everyone is holding out or whether to assume someone else is confessing to get a better deal.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2017

I stood even as the friar who is confessing   The false assassin, who, when he is fixed,   Recalls him, so that death may be delayed.

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth