confidences

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One was her mixed-race dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckly, who betrayed Mary’s confidences in an 1868 memoir.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

He’s spent a lifetime protecting his sources and guarding their confidences, not inviting scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

The firm pointed to legal ethics rules that require law firms to keep the confidences of their clients and protect potentially embarrassing information.

From Reuters • Feb. 15, 2023

“When confidences are betrayed and leaks are directed, it’s even more difficult to trust. … I will not yield to the status quo.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 5, 2023

“You could not have the confidence of powerful men, and be trusted with their confidences, if there was any prospect that you would challenge their policies in public,” he later explained.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin