confidant
Example Sentences
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But McCarthy’s closest confidants are men who’ve never set foot on a film set, men never trailed by paparazzi, and it’s those relationships to which he tends in “Who Needs Friends.”
From Los Angeles Times
Mexico’s Central Military Intelligence unit then detected a top financial operator for the cartel and close confidant of Oseguera.
As a battle-hardened veteran and a trusted confidant, Zhang played an instrumental role in helping Xi centralize power at the top.
Staley, a close confidant of Epstein, showed an active interest in the idea, according to the emails.
One Bass confidant told a source that ‘the mayor didn’t tell the truth when she said she had nothing to do with changing the report.’
From Los Angeles Times
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