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It was the best part of a couple of years ago, and a senior government figure was confiding in me about listening in on a call between the then prime minister and President Biden.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

Or maybe LW 1 was confiding in the mom or seeking advice about something going on LW1's life and the mother was responding and revealed too much.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2017

The boy, the friend duly reported back to Roy, was confiding in the girl: “All I want is to be Arundhati Roy’s wife.’

From The Guardian • May 27, 2017

It was less that Kirsten was confiding than that, with Lucy, she didn’t feel the need to feign competence.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2017

I caught the beauty of a sonata as I would catch distinct human words, and for a moment I listened to what the piano was confiding to the people inside.

From The Inferno by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)