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admit

[ad-mit] / ædˈmɪt /




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They will admit to themselves that you are unusually sleazy and moneygrubbing—Bitcoin!

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Asked if he will sleep better thanks to the win, Carrick was honest enough to admit that would not be the case.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

"It's hard to admit when you've really screwed up," the billionaire, 85, wrote on Instagram after she deleted a photo of herself in ripped jeans, a torn sweater and a dirtied face.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

He did admit that hitting ice feels like hitting concrete, so he has learned to be careful and hasn’t had any major injuries in the last three years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

I’m not ready to face my grandmother and admit to her that I have not decided what to do about my Flash.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“It was my idea to move back east,” Jake admits of a relocation that feels like defeat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Consumer expert Helen Dewdney admits being surprised that the price can almost double from one practice to another.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Alaska admits that even she was skeptical of the show’s advance hype.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The author admits they spent most of his adult life estranged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

“She’s not doing it for me,” he admits.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

He admitted his side were missing Joao Pedro, although supporters have also been frustrated that Estevao Willian, who came on at half-time on Sunday, has started only one league match this season.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Gregory Glass, a 47-year-old restaurant owner, himself an African-American, said a victory for Colom would be "historic" but admitted to having "bittersweet" feelings about that.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

As the Wall Street Journal reported this week in a midterms postmortem, Trump has privately admitted that Miller’s zeal for deportations had “gone too far.”

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

E.R.’s are designed to be way stations where patients get assessed, admitted if necessary and then transferred into wards for specialized attention and care.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

And I had greeted one of our group by name, practically admitted a special relationship between us, when the cardinal rule of the underground was .

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Traditionally, former colonial powers have skirted the issue, expressing regret for the industrial-scale human trafficking but never apologizing for fear that admitting guilt will open the door to a wave of compensation claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Anyone who insists they are too self-aware to be pulled into something that goes against their own interests is admitting that they don’t know themselves or humanity very well.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Within hours of him admitting defeat on Sunday night, the camp was dismantled, and a team of volunteers moved in on Monday morning to clean up the mess.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The author laughs ruefully when accused of his own version of nostalgia, admitting that the version of the airport he’s created feels closer to our present-day reality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“There you go again. Putting words in my mouth. You were always good at putting—” She stops abruptly, like she has caught herself admitting to something.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson


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