confiding
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You can’t get through to a victim who has stopped confiding in you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
After confiding in a padre - a military chaplain - the 56-year-old says she was reported to bosses and admitted to hospital, where she was held in isolation.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
One reporter at the briefing with me made me feel very old by confiding that YouTube - included in the ban - had been an essential resource for them at school.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Ms. Applegate has a smoky, confiding voice that swings along but shifts register when the material warrants it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Once she even overheard Maester Tothmure's serving girl confiding to her brother about some message that said Joffrey was a bastard and not the rightful king at all.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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