confidant

“In the snap of fingers, my best friend, my confidant, my partner, my soul mate was transitioned to another dimension — a higher plane,” she wrote in her post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

North Carolina has placed football general manager Michael Lombardi — a longtime confidant of coach Bill Belichick — on paid administrative leave, the university said Monday in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

The bête noire of that nationalist wing is Russia’s former defense minister and current National Security Council chief Sergei Shoigu, a onetime Putin confidant blamed for mishandling the initial stages of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

While he acknowledged the Labour veteran was a "confidant", who he went to for advice, he insisted: "I didn't regard him as my mentor."

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

It all seemed very noble—and frustrating to those involved—until Mark came across an exchange between Mr. Spilker and Ladena Lichliter, who seemed to be his closest confidant, that sent an icy chill along his arms.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

“You become a little more willing to make compromises on things that you might not usually compromise on, just because you’re so tired of searching,” said Alyssa Tracy, one of Travis’ confidants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Since that unforgettable US Open run, Raducanu has shown she plays better when surrounded by long-time confidants who she trusts implicitly.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

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 ● Mar. 25, 2026

If he believes it would be better to throw his confidants under a bus, his past actions show he will do so eagerly.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

People who never had known what it was to enter the gate of the Mayor’s yard unless it were to do some menial job now paraded in and out as his confidants.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston